DIVINE   SCIENCE, 

NeW   Light  Upon  Old   JrvjtKs. 


TO    ALL    WHO    SEEK    MORE    LIGHT. 


"SEEK  AND  YE  SHALL  FIND. 


MRS.  KANNIE    B.  JAMES. 


DENVER,  COLORADO: 

BARKHAUSEN  4-  LESTER,   PRINTERS, 
1896. 


IMPORTANT  TO  ALL  READERS. 


As  the  lessons  in  this  book  are  designed  to  be 
studies  upon  the  Science,  or  right  knowledge  of  Divinity, 
the  subject  is  taken  from  its  starting  point  in  the  Divine, 
and  step  by  step  is  it  developed  from  the  Source  and 
Cause  of  all  things. 

Therefore  each  study  makes  that  which  follows  it 
plain,  and  it  is  decidedly  important  that  the  lessons  be 
read,  or  studied  rather,  in  their  order. 

To  one  who  has  never  had  opportunity  to  study  this 
truly  Divine  Science,  we  would  suggest  that  they  may 
find,  by  careful  thought,  a  complete  understanding  of  the 
principle  and  practice  of  the  Science  of  Life,  in  these 
lessons. 

So  we  advise  such,  to  lay  aside  questions  at  first; 
read  each  lesson  to  gain  clearly  the  point  considered  in 
it;  let  all  else  alone.  Read  one  lesson  each  day,  or  even 
on  alternate  days;  reread  often,  until  the  subject  of  it  is 
understood,  before  studying  the  next.  By  so  doing,  with- 
out a  teacher,  the  knowledge  of  the  Science  may  be 
gained,  and  its  practice  understood. 


INJRODUCJORy  JHOUQHTS. 


THE    KINGDOM    OF    HEAVEN. 


WORDS  of  Jesus  the  Christ  are  growing  in 
significance — or,  are  coming  to  us  with  deeper 
meaning  to-day  than  in  any '  age  before 
this.  One  minister  has  said,  "The  Bible 
means  more  to  us  than  it  did  to  our  parents; 
it  will  mean  more  to  our  children  than  it  does  to  us." 
Another  said,  "The  Sunday  school  children  of  to-day  are 
better  able  to  understand  Jesus'  teachings  than  were  the 
disciples  of  old." 

Jesus  said  to  his  disciples,  "  I  have  many  things  to 
say  unto  you,  but  ye  cannot  bear  them  now";  which  plain^ 
ly  shows  us  that  Jesus  was  limited  in  his  speaking  of  the 
Truth,  by  the  dulness  of  his  hearers.  He  could  give  to 
the  disciples  only  what  they  were  able  to  "bear,"  or  to 
receive.  He  sometimes  rebuked  their  lack  of  under- 
standing.— Matt.  15:16 ;  Mark  8:21. 

From  His  words  quoted,  and  those  which  followed — 
"  Howbeit,  when  He,  the  Spirit  of  Truth,  is  come,  he  will 
guide  you  into  all  Truth  " — we  may  conclude  that  Jesus 
had  a  reserve  of  Truth,  which  he  would  gladly  have  ex- 
pressed, but  that  it  could  not  be  understood  even  by  the 
disciples;  and  that  he  knew  and  foretold  in  these  word.c, 
how  the  revelation  of  fuller  Truth  would  continue  fron 

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4  STUDIES  IN  THE  SCIENCE  OF  DIVINE  HEADING. 

the  Spirit  throughout  the  ages  to  come,  until  "  all  Truth" 
had  been  received  and  understood. 

This  certainly  contradicts  our  past  ignorant  belief, 
that  all  revelation  ceased  with  the  "  good  old  times"  ; 
and  that  the  "  voice  from  heaven  "  has  long  been  silent — 
it  can  speak  to  us  no  more  !  Is  revelation  finished  ? 

The  Truth  will  never  cease  to  speak  within  our  souls, 
while  there  is  anything  of  God  not  comprehended. 
"  Take  heed  how  ye  hear." — Luke  8:18. 

"There  is  nothing  covered  that  shall  not  be  re- 
vealed. " — Matt.  10:26.  Revelation  cannot  be  finished 
until  every  mystery  is  made  plain:  revelation  is  not 
therefore  limited  to  any  time  or  place;  and  whenever  or 
wherever  there  is  the  spirit  to  receive  and  be  taught, 
fuller  and  higher  Truth  is  being  made  known. 

One  says,  "  Revelation  is  unveiling;  but  the  veil  is 
on  the  face  of  man  and  not  on  the  face  of  God.  "  The 
"veil*'  is  a  fitting  symbol  of  our  own  ignorance;  with 
every  new  revelation  of  Truth  the  "  veil  "  grows  thinner. 
"  Which  veil  is  done  away  in  Christ.  " — 2  Cor.  3:14-16. 

Christ  is  "  The  way,  the  truth  and  the  life.  "  As  fast 
as  we  are  able  to  be  led  in  the  "  Way,  "  and  to  "  bear,  " 
or  carry  in  our  hearts  the  "  Truth,  "  and  to  "  hear,  "  or 
understand  the  so-called  "  mysteries  "  of  "  Life,  "  just  so 
surely  is  the  "  veil, "  or  lack  of  understanding,  being 
"  done  away.  " 

"  Clouds  and  darkness  are  round  about  Him,"  is 
David's  conception  of  God,  and  with  Jeremiah  we  have 
been  willing  to  say,  "  Thou  hast  covered  thyself  with  a 
cloud,  that  our  prayer  should  not  pass  through.  " — Lam. 
3:44.  But  we  may  rejoice  in  the  increasing  light,  which 
now  reveals  that  around  God  are  no  impenetrable  clouds  ! 

As  well  might  we  say  on  a  cloudy  day,  "The  sun  has 
wrapped  himself  in  clouds  and  darkness.  "  The  clouds 


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that  hide  the  sun  from  us,  and  shut  out  the  warmth  and 
brightness  of  its  presence,  are  around  our  earth,  and  arise 
from  the  earth.  These  intercept  the  light  of  the  sun,  so 
that  it  does  not  reach  us,  but  the  sun  shines  on  and  on 
unaltered  by  the  clouds  around  us. 

So  the  clouds  of  darkness,  fear,  sorrow  or  doubt  that 
seem  to  come  into  our  lives,  are  around  us,  and  not  near 
the  source  of  Light  and  Love.  Neither  do  they  come 
from  the  source  of  Love,  but  arise  from  our  own  incom- 
pleteness, or  incomplete  understanding. 

As  long  as  we  see  "clouds"  about  us,  there  is  need 
of  further  revelation,  or  unveiling.  As  long  as  we  have 
the  Spirit  of  God,  the  Spirit  of  Wisdom,  Truth  and  Love 
with  us,  we  shall  still  be  taught  of  God,  and  shall  go  on 
hearing  Truth  more  and  more  clearly. 

New  things  shall  be  revealed — must  be — while  the 
Spirit  continues  to  lead  us  into  all  Truth.  Revelation 
never  ceases  unless  we  close  our  eyes  and  ears  to  it. 

Shall  we  then  shrink  from  the  "  new, "  or  shall  we 
"  Prove  all  things,  holding  fast  that  which  is  good  "  ? — 
i  Thess.  5:21. 

Jesus  said,  "  Ye  shall  know  the  truth,  and  the  truth 
shall  make  you  free.  " — Jno.  8:32.  These  words  express 
a  truth  for  all  times,  as  long  as  man  any  where  is  not 
free.  The  promise  is  given  to-day,  to  every  yearning  one, 
who  feels  the  depression  of  bondage  to  the  flesh,  or  to 
"  The  ills  that  flesh  is  heir  to.  " 

From  these  words  we  may  gather  three  suggestions: 
First,  that  ignorance,  or  not  knowing  the  truth,  is  the 
cause  of  our  bondage  ;  second,  that  the  relief  from  all 
bondage  shall  come  through  knowledge  of  truth  ;  and 
third,  that  we  shall  come  into  this  knowledge  and  be 
made  free.  In  this  last  is  the  promise  of  progression 


6  STUDIES  IN  THE  SCIENCE  OF  DIVINE  HEADING. 

and  hint  of  continued  revelation  How  could  we  other- 
wise come  to  know  all  truth  ? 

Also  in  this  is  the  blessed  assurance  that  when  we 
have  understanding  of  the  truth  as  it  is,  we  shall  have 
perfect  freedom.  "  Where  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  is, 
there  is  liberty." — 2  Cor.  3:17.  "My  people  are  de- 
stroyed for  lack  of  knowledge.  " — Hos.  4:6. 

What  is  this  Truth  that  shall  make  us  free,  and 
where  is  it  to  be  found  ? 

Jesus  declared,  concerning  his  mission  to  earth,  "To 
this  end  was  I  born,  and  for  this  cause  came  I  into  the 
world,  that  I  should  bear  witness  unto  the  truth" — Jno. 
18:37.  Certainly  this  Divine  One  understood  that  the 
need  of  man  was  to  know  the  Truth,  and  announced  him- 
self as  the  teacher  and  living  witness  of  Truth. 

From  Him  them  we  may  expect  to  catch  the  clear- 
est idea  of  what  and  where  Truth  is.  We  would  not  still 
be  asking  these  questions  if  man  could  have  understood 
his  answer  to  them  at  that  time.  He  said,  "The  king- 
dom of  heaven  is  at  hand.  The  kingdom  of  God  is  with- 
in you." — Matt.  io:j.  Luke  j:2i. 

If  we  are  able  now  to  "bear"  these  words,  we  shall 
find  in  them  no  uncertain  sound.  The  kingdom  of  God — 
all  that  heaven  is — the  kingdom  of  Truth,  of  Love  and  of 
Peace,  is  not  afar  off,  but  at  hand,  within  us! 

We  have  heeded  these  words  so  little,  that  our 
heaven — our  good  and  our  peace  "at  hand,"  has  been 
literally  overlooked,  as  we  have  tried  to  stretch  our  gaze 
into  the  beyond.  We  have  been  taught  to  place  our 
happiness  in  the  future,  at  some  other  time  and  place. 
We  have  sung,  "  I'm  but  a  pilgrim  here,  heaven  is  my 
home."  We  have  put  off  everything  good  to  a  future 
heaven.  How  can  we  see  and  enter  into  "  heaven  "  right 


INTRODUCTORY  THOUGHTS.  7 

here  and  now,  if  we  do  not  know  the  truth  about  it  being 
at  hand,  and  within  us. 

Like  the  patriarchs  of  old,  we  have  "  Died  in  the 
faith,  not  having  received  the  promises,  but  having  seen 
them  afar  off;  and  truly,  if  they  had  been  mindful  of  that 
from  whence  they  came  out,  they  might  have  had  oppor- 
tunity to  have  returned.  " — Heb.  n\  13-15. 

When  shall  we  become  "mindful  ?" — 
When  shall  we  accept  our  heaven  ?  Not  until  we  know 
the  truth  of  it.  "Now  is  the  accepted  time.  "  Now  is 
the  time  to  accept — and  there  can  never  be  any  better 
opportunity  than  now,  for  it  is  all  right  here.  "At 
hand.  "  "  Within  you.  " 

"  How  far  from  here  to  heaven?    Not  very  far,  my  friend; 
A  single  hearty  step  will'  all  thy  journey  end. 
Hold,  there  !  where  runnest  thou?    Know  heaven  is  in  thee. 
Seekest  thou  for  God  elsewhere,  His  face  thou'lt  never  see." 

Is  not  our  question  answered?  Where  is  the  Truth? 
Everywhere  !  Heaven  is  the  kingdom  of  Truth.  Heaven 
is  wherever  God  is.  God  is  everywhere.  Truth's  "king- 
dom "  is  within  us;  is  all  around  us.  Our  only  need  is  to 
know  the  Truth,  to  have  our  eyes  opened  and  our  faces 
unveiled  to  see  the  everpresent  goodness  and  Truth. 

We  remember  the  story  of  one  who  sought  the  tem- 
ple of  fame.  He  had  been  told-by  those  who  had  never 
been  there  to  see,  that  it  stood  on  the  summit  of  a  dis- 
tant mountain.  The  youth  left  the  plane  of  his  every 
day  life,  forsook  all  else  and  spent  the  years  of  his  life  in 
toiling  up  the  steep  mountain  in  order  to  reach  the  tem- 
ple. At  last,  aged  and  weary,  he  attained  the  height 
and  looked  eagerly  for  his  treasure;  he  saw  no  temple, 


8  STUDIES  IN  THE  SCIENCE  OF  DIVINE  HEADING. 

and,  wandering  on,  he  met  an  old  man,  who  looked  sadly 
at  him,  appreciating  his  earnest  and  worthy  effort,  but 
pitying  his  mistake,  and  said:  "  My  friend,  the  temple 
you  seek  stands  in  the  midst  of  the  place  you  have  left." 

May  we  not  expect  something  like  this  to  greet  us 
as  we  finish  life's  journey  here,  thinking  to  find  our 
heaven  at  the  end  of  our  faithful  toiling  to  attain  it  ? 
Shall  we  have  to  learn  then  instead  of  now,  that  our 
heaven  is  within  us?  If  we  listen  to  the  voice  of  the  one 
who  knows,  we  will  have  no  reason  for  any  delusion. 
Heaven  is  now  and  always  "within  you — at  hand." 

Heaven  is  God's  presence,  and  God's  presence  is  the 
Truth  which  we  may  know  and  accept  at  this  moment  as 
now  and  here;  and  knowing  this  Truth,  shall  make  us 
free. 

Truth  never  changes;  it  is  "The  same  yesterday,  to- 
day and  forever.  "  It  fills  the  universe  of  God,  hence  all 
Truth  is  here  and  now,  and  all  that  is  true  is  eternal. 

There  is  no  new  Truth.  Man  may  gain  new  ideas  of 
the  Truth,  and  revelation  of  God  must  bring  new  ideas 
to  us,  but  this  does  not  alter  one  iota  of  the  Eternal 
Truth. 

Truth  must  contain  many  things  new  to  us,  and  these 
new  things  must  be  among  the  "  many  things"  that  Jesus 
could  not  tell  to  his  disciples,  but  promised  that  the 
Spirit  should  reveal  them  as  soon  as  they  could  be  re- 
ceived. 

Why  then  be  afraid  of  a' new  idea  of  Truth?  Why 
hesitate  to  accept  something  that  has  not  been  "  seen  " 
or  "heard"  before  by  us  ?  It  is  written,  "  Eye  hath  not 
seen,  ear  hath  not  heard,  neither  hath  it  entered  into  the 
heart  of  man,  what  God  hath  prepared.  " — /  Cor.  2:9. 
We  have  not  yet  conceived  of  the  things  that  Truth 


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hath  in  store  for  us;  we  never  shall  know  if  we  refuse  to 
accept  a  new  idea. 

This  idea  of  progress  in  spiritual  understanding,  is 
clearly  taught  in  the  Bible.  "  Greater  works  shall  he 
do  "  ("  that  believeth  on  me,  "  which  makes  these  words 
apply  to  believers  of  every  age.)  Paul  speaks  of  "  milk  " 
for  "  babes,  "  and  "  strong  meat  "  for  "  full  age.  "  Simple 
spiritual  thoughts  for  us  in  immature  consciousness,  but 
strong  sustenance  for  fuller  developed  thought.  "  That 
we  may  grow  up  into  Him  in  all  things."  "  Till  we  all 
come  *  *  to  the  measure  of  the  fulness  of  the  stat- 
ure of  Christ.  " — Eph.  4:13.  "Therefore  leaving  the  prin- 
ciples (or  first  teachings)  of  the  doctrine  of  Christ,  let  us 
go  on  to  perfection.  " — Heb.  6:1,  2. 

Truth  is  never  afraid  to  declare  new  things.  It  says, 
Isaiah  42:9,  "  New  things  do  I  declare"  ;  43:19,  "  Behold 
I  will  do  a  new  thing  "  ;  62:2,  "  Thou  shalt  be  called  by 
new  name"  ;  65:17,  "Behold  I  create  a  new  heaven  and 
a  new  earth"  ;  Ezek.  11:19,  "  I  w^^  Pu*  a  new  spirit  with- 
in you  ";  Matt.  26:28,  "  This  is  my  blood  of  the  new 
testament";  Mark  16:17,  "  They  (that  believe  on  Me) 
shall  speak  with  new  tongues";  Jno.  13:34,  "Anew 
commandment  give  I  unto  you  "  ;  2  Cor.  5:77,  "  If  any 
man  be  in  Christ  (the  Truth)  he  is- a  new  creature,  all 
things  have  become  new  ";  Col,  3:10,  "Put  on  the  new 
man"  ;  Rev.  2:ij,  "To  him  that  overcometh  will  I  give 
.  .  .  a  new  name"  ;  3:12,  "  I  will  write  upon  him  my 
new  name  "  ;  5:9,  "  They  sung  a  new  song  "  ;  27:5,  "  Be- 
hold I  make  all  things  new.  " 

Why,  we  cannot  enter  into  Truth  until  we  are  ready 
to  accept  all  these  "  new  "  things.  Truth  is  not  chang- 
ing. "  New  things  "  are  only  the  eternal  things  seen  by  a 
new  light — even  by  Divine  illumination  called  the  Spirit. 

The  church  has  always  feared  to  entertain   the   idea 


10  STUDIES  IN  THE  SCIENCE  OF  DIVINE  HEADING. 

of  progress  in  religion.  The  Jewish  church  is  the  first 
example  of  this.  One  says:  "If  Jesus  had  taught  no 
higher  truth  than  the  Jews  had  received  from  their  fore- 
fathers, they  would  have  heard  him  gladly,  but  they 
could  not  accept  His  "new  doctrine.  " 

We  cannot  blame  the  Jews.  We  find  the  same  mis- 
taken zeal  to-day,  the  same  rejection  of  a  higher  truth 
not  understood  by  our  religious  leaders.  We  remember 
it  is  recorded  by  Matthew,  "  All  the  chief  priests  and  elders 
took  counsel  against  Jesus  to  put  him  to  death ";  and 
again,  "  The  chief  priests  and  elders  persuaded  the  multi- 
tude that  they  should  destroy  Jesus.  "  Isaiah's  words 
seem  to  be  fulfilled:  "  The  leaders  of  this  people  cause 
them  to  err.  " — Is  a.  9:16. 

Then,  as  now,  the  church  of  God  refused  to  hear  any 
doctrine  new  to  it;  it  said:  "We  have  Moses;  we  know 
that  God  spake  unto  Moses;  as  for  this  fellow,  we  know 
not  whence  he  is.  " 

Judge  them  not,  Oh  Minister  of  God,  for  "Wherein 
thou  judgest  another,  thou  condemneth  thyself."  It  was 
no  easier  then  to  accept  a  "new  doctrine''  than  it  is  now. 
It  was  just  as  hard  to  give  up  the  old  and  sacred  concep- 
tions then  as  it  is  now. 

"The  common  people  heard  him  gladly."  Those 
that  were  humblest  in  their  opinions  had  little  to  lay 
aside,  could  come  as  a  "little  child"  and  receive. — Matt. 
ii :2$ ;  i  Cor.  I  :iq,  2j.  But  "The  first  shall  be  last."  It 
is  hard  when  we  feel  that  we  have  so  much  of  Truth,  to 
humble  ourselves  to  listen  to  "new  doctrine";  to  give  up 
what  has  seemed  so  sacred,  for  a  new  idea. 

Truth  calls  upon  us  to  "Leave  all  and  follow  Me," 
even  "Mother"  and  "Father" — our  dearest  past  concep- 
tions— for  Truth's  sake.  "When  that  which  is  perfect  is 
come,  that  which  was  in  part  shall  be  done  away" 


INTRODUCTORY  THOUGHTS  It 

The  world  has  been  crying  for  "more  light,"  and 
then  shrinks  in  alarm  at  the  "new  things,"  that  "more 
light"  reveals. 

If  we  stand  in  a  dark  room,  we  see  little  that  the 
room  contains,  we  scarcely  can  tell  where  we  are.  If  we 
stand  in  the  kingdom  of  heaven,  with  our  souls  darkened, 
we  cannot  "see"  what  heaven  is  holding  for  us,  nor  know 
even  where  we  are!  Bring  a  light  into  the  dark  room, 
and  how  different  everything  appears;  the  light  does  not 
bring  in  anything,  but  it  enables  us  to  see  what  was  al- 
ready there,  and  to  realize  where  we  stand. 

So  the  soul  illumined  sees  everything  in  a  new  light, 
and  begins  to  know  where  it  is.  This  is  the  "new 
heaven  and  the  new  earth"  promised— heaven  and  earth 
seen  by  a  diviner  light,  revealing  what  was  not  seen  by 
us  before;  new  to  us. 

Jesus  came  as  a  light  to  the  world,  not  to  bring  any- 
thing that  was  not  always  here,  but  to  throw  light  upon 
the  world.  As  it  is  written  of  him,  "He  came  to  bring 
life  and  immortality  to  light."  Men  were  suffering  and 
dying  not  for  any  lack  of  good  in  the  world,  but  because 
they  did  not  know  the  truth,  could  not  see  the  presence 
of  Good. 

He  brought  to  light,  or  to  man's  consciousness,  the 
immortality  he  had  not  known,  and  led  man's  thought 
out  of  darkness  into  light;  out  of  ignorance  into  knowl- 
edge of  truth;  out  of  bondage  into  freedom. 

"That  is  the  light  that  lighteth  every  man  that  com- 
eth  into  the  world." — Jno.  1:9.  But  "If  the  light  that  is 
in  thee  be  darkness,  how  great  is  that  darkness."  Every 
man  has  the  light  of  the  Divine  within  him,  but  if  he  be- 
comes unconscious  of  this  truth,  he  is  in  deep  darkness 
to  himself. 

Jesus'  mission  was  to  show  the  Truth  to  man,  and 


12  STUDIES  IN  THE  SCIENCE  OF  DIVINE  HEALING. 

thus  rekindle  the  light  of  that  Divine  in  man,  by  which 
he  should  see  his  way  to  the  Father,  and  understand  the 
tie  that  eternally  unites  him  with  his  Divine  Source.  That 
"tie"  is  the  Divine  Nature  in  man,  which  Paul  speaks  of 
as  the  "Christ  in  you,  your  hope  of  glory."  This  unites 
man  with  God,  and  is  the  at-one-ment,  which  Jesus  re- 
vealed, or  brought  to  light.  Only  now  is  this  being  truly 
understood  by  man. 

"The  path  of  the  just  is  as  a  shining  light,  which 
shineth  more  and  more,  until  the  perfect  day."  Our 
"light"  within  must  increase  until  it  blends  with  the 
Eternal,  or  enters  the  "Perfect  day."  At  first,  "We  see 
through  a  glass  darkly" — this  is  when  understanding  is 
feeble.  "But  then  face  to  face."  When  our  conscious- 
ness is  clear,  we  see  without  any  veil. 

Truth  is  not  changing — our  light  upon  it  is  growing. 
Our  forefathers  lighted  their  rooms  with  a  tallow  candle. 
Electricity  with  all  its  possibilities  was  right  with  them, 
but  they  understood  not  its  use.  It  was  better  to  have  a 
candle  than  no  light,  but  would  that  satisfy  them  now? 
Would  they  not  now  accept  the  brighter  light,  and  shall 
not  we?  Do  we  show  disrespect  to  their  memory  when 
we  use  electricity  instead  of  candles? 

Do  not  let  us  put  the  new  religious  "light"  out  of 
our  lives,  because  our  fathers  had  it  not.  May  we  not 
imagine  that  they  too  have  gone  on  into  better  light? 
We  need  not  worry  about  leaving  their  light,  they  have 
left  it  too. 

We  pray  for  spiritual  understanding,  but  are  ready 
to  refuse  it,  if  it  comes  through  a  channel  unknown  to  us. 
A  simple  story  is  told  of  a  nest  full  of  birds  which  were 
deserted  by  the  mother-bird.  Hunger  beset  them  and 
an  attempt  was  made  to  give  them  food  for  which  they 
were  crying,  but  as  the  strange  hand  approached  them, 


Ben.  L 

134,  ..  St. 

Denver, 

INTRODUCTORY  THOUGHTS.  13 

their  open  mouths  were  quickly  shut  in  a  flutter  of  fear, 
making  it  impossible  to  give  them  that  for  which  they 
cried.  The  food  was  then  laid  on  the  edge  of  the  nest 
and  they  were  left  for  the  night.  In  the  morning  all 
were  dead.  Too  afraid  to  take  their  food  from  a  new 
source,  and  too  blind  to  see  it  "at  hand,"  they  suffered 
and  died  for  their  own  ignorance. 

"May  we  not,"  says  the  writer,  "for  the  same  reason, 
lose  the  good  sent  to  us  in  answer  to  our  cries"? 

The  cry  of  these  birds  may  be  heard  all  around  us. 
"Give  us  our  spiritual  bread,  and  our  water  of  life,  but 
give  it  to  us  in  the  old  familiar  way  which  we  know  so 
well." 

One  says:  "It  takes  two  to  make  a  gift,  one  to  give, 
the  other  to  receive."  God,  the  Giver  of  every  good  gift, 
has  never  withheld  anything  from  us.  David  sings: 
"The  earth  \sfull  of  the  goodness  of  the  Lord." — Psl.  33:5. 

If  we  lack  any  good,  it  is  because  we  have  not  known 
how  to  accept  and  appropriate  the  good  that  is  every- 
where. God  has  given  all ;  we  have  not  received. 

"Our  citizenship  is  in  heaven." — Phil. 3:20.  Rev,  Ver. 
Not  is  going  to  be,  but  is  now.  The  world  needs  a  Sav- 
iour to-day  just  as  much  as  it  did  1,800  years  ago.  The 
same  Divine  Power,  the  same  pure  Life,  the  same  Truth, 
the  same  Love,  and  the  same  spiritual  Presence  is  with 
us.  "Lo,  I  am  with  you  always." 

Let  us  admit  this  Presence  and  Power,  and  then 
shall  we  hear  in  each  new  voice  that  speaks  the  assuring 
words,  "It  is  I,  be  not  afraid." 

If  we  follow  the  inner  call  of  Truth,  we  shall  have 
the  outer  evidence.  The  disciples,  without  a  question, 
folldwed  a  voice  strange  to  them,  which  bade  them 
"come."  They  left  all,  and  followed  without  any  evi- 
dence. After  this  willingness  and  obedience,  they  re- 


14  STUDIES  IN  THE  SCIENCE  OF  DIVINE  HEADING. 

ceived  abundant  proof;  so  will  every  disciple  of  Truth. 
Let  us  "Be  careful  to  entertain  strangers" — even  strange, 
or  new  thoughts,  "for  thereby  some  have  entertained 
angels  unawares."  "With  all  thy  getting,  get  under- 
standing— for  understanding  is  a  wellspring  of  Life." — 
Proverbs. 


GOD. 


®UR  responsibility  is  twofold;  first,  to  obey  the  truth 
as  far  as  we  understand  it;  and  we  read,  "God  gives 
his  spirit  to  them  that  obey,"  which  is  to  say,  that 
more  light  comes  to  them  that  obey  what  light  they  have. 
The  spirit  of  understanding  comes  in  greater  fulness  to 
them  that  are  obeying  the  Truth  they  already  see. 

But  unless  they  are  looking  for,  and  ready  to  listen  to 
higher  understanding,  they  cannot  receive  the  reward  of 
their  obedience!  Hence,  our  second  responsibility  is  to 
be  ever  on  the  alert  for  higher  revelation,  ever  ready  and 
willing  to  catch  a  hint  of  something  beyond  what  we 
have  yet  thought  of. 

It  is  not  a  new  Truth  we  seek  but  a  new  conscious- 
ness of  Truth.  What  shall  bring  this  new  consciousness 
to  us? 

Jesus  said  to  the  disciples,  "  It  is  expedient  for  you 
that  I  go  away;  for  if  I  go  not  away  the  Comforter  will 
not  come  unto  you."  The  "Comforter"  is  the  Spirit  of 
Truth,  the  inner  guide.  While  Jesus  is  with  the  disciples, 
they  look  to  Him  personally,  and  leave  upon  His  power 
and  understanding.  But  His  desire  was  to  teach  them  how 
to  be  led  by  the  spirit,  which  must  be  heard  within  them. 
Thus  would  their  individuality  be  strengthened,  and  they 
learn,  as  each  soul  must  sooner  or  later,  to  hear  the  guid- 
ing voice  within  themselves,  and  to  come  in  direct  touch 
with  the  Infinite. 

This  is  true  for  every  disciple.  There  is  but  one 
True  Teacher.  Jesus  himself  was  learning  from  this  One, 


l6  STUDIES  IN  THE  SCIENCE  OF  DIVINE  HEADING. 

and  was  showing  to  man,  not  what  he  personally  could 
do,  but  what  Divine  Presence  and  Power,  Divine  Love 
and  Truth,  can  do  in  humanity. 

So  he  said  to  one  who  called  him  "Good  Master," 
"Why  callest  thou  me  good,  there  is  none  good  but  one." 
As  if  to  say,  "I  am  not  here  to  glorify  myself,  but  God, 
the  Father  of  All;  if  you  see  good  in  me  trace  it  back  of 
my  personality,  to  the  One  Source  of  good  which  is  Uni- 
versal, therefore  is  for  all  alike.  As  I  manifest  this  good, 
so  may  you.  Greater  works  shall  ye  be  able  to  do,  but 
all  by  the  One  Power." 

This  inner  guide,  is  that  which  shall  lead  us  into  new 
consciousness,  it  is  called  in  Scripture,  the  "Still  Small 
Voice,"  and  of  this  leading  it  is  written;  "They  shall  be 
all  taught  of  God." — Jno.  6:  45.  This  inner  voice  is  the 
"Light  that  lighteth  every  man,"  which  God  has  placed 
in  each  soul,  to  guide  it  into  all  Truth. 

We  cannot  see  by  the  light  that  lighteth  another. 
We  may  get  the  spark  that  shall  set  our  lamp  to  burning, 
from  another's  light,  but  that  is  all!  It  is  written,  "The 
spirit  of  man  is  the  candle  of  the  Lord,"  Prov.  20:  27. 
Whatever  consciousness,  or  inner  light  any  soul  receives, 
it  is  set  aflame  by  Infinite  Love  and  Truth. 

The  voice  of  Truth  keeps  speaking  in  the  soul,  for  it 
is  always  there,  "  Behold  I  stand  at  the  door  and  knock." 
Once  in  a  while  some  soul  hears,  and  this  is  revelation! 
If  it  has  ever  been,  it  must  be  now,  for  Truth  never 
changes. 

The  Whole  Truth,  includes  all  the  fragments  of 
Truth  ever  known.  So  that  as  we  advance  into  better 
knowledge  of  Truth,  we  shall  not  lose  any  Truth  we  ever 
possessed.  But  one  may  ask,  in  what  relation  does  a  new 
Truth  stand  to  the  old? 

We  may  find  illustration  for  this  in  our  schools.where 


GOD.  17 

there  are  many  grades,  and  a  pupil  passes  from  one  to 
a  higher,  just  as  fast  as  he  can  accomplish  the  work  re- 
quired in  each  grade. 

It  is  a  pupil's  pride  to  push  on  into  new  work,  and 
learn  new  things;  and  it  is  a  teacher's  purpose  to  assist 
the  child  in  his  progression. 

Each  grade  belongs  to  the  one  school,  and  has  equal 
honor  in  its  place.  The  last  grade  does  not  hold  the  first 
in  contempt,  but  in  high  esteem,  as  having  been  a  step- 
ping stone  in  the  way  of  advance. 

One  must  learn  his  A  B  C's  before  he  can  become 
an  author,  and  though  he  shape  the  world's  thought  by 
his  writings,  he  never  ceases  to  use  his  A  B  C's  learned 
in  the  first  grade. 

No  Truth  gained  is  ever  lost;  the  higher  contains  all 
the  Truth  of  the  lower. 

Truth  has  been  compared  to  a  cone  which  has  its 
base  in  a  circle,  and  its  summit  in  a  point. 

The  circle  well  represents  the  eternal  nature  of 
Truth,  and  its  omnipresence,  encircling  the  universe. 

But  as  the  cone  rises  to  its  summit  it  terminates  in  a 
point,  so  as  man's  consciousness  of  Truth  is  lifted  up,  he 
begins  to  see  the  unity  of  all  Truth.  As  it  is  written, 
"That  in  the  fulness  of  times  he  might  gather  together 
in  one  all  things  in  Christ." — Eph.  i  :io.  Christ  is  the  final 
Truth  into  which  all  things  shall  be  drawn.  "If  I  belifted 
up,  I  will  draw  all  men  unto  me." 

"Seek  ye  first  the  kingdom  of  God,  and  all  these 
things  shall  be  added  unto  you." 

For  centuries  we  have  been  pleading.  "Thy  king- 
dom come."  If  the  kingdom  is  "at  hand,"  and  "within 
us,"  whence  is  it  to  "come"?  It  has  already  come. 
The  Divine  promise  is,  "Before  they  call  I  will  answer," 
— ha  65;  24. 


l8  STUDIES  IN  THE  SCIENCE  OF  DIVINE  HEALING. 

Before  we  asked  for  the  Kingdom  to  come,  it  was 
with  us!  We  must  come  to  a  knowledge  of  it,  and 
the  result  of  our  "seeking"  has  been  to  find  it  "at  hand." 
And  finding  the  kingdom,  we  find  within  it  all  good 
things, — ours,  here  and  now. 

Are  we  ready  then,  to  hear  a  new  doctrine,  and  to  let 
the  light  within  us  be  our  guide?  We  desire  better  con- 
ditions, we  long  for  satisfaction,  but  if  we  are  unwilling  to 
receive  new  ideas  upon  life,  we  shall  have  to  continue  to 
submit  to  old  conditions,  in  the  old  ideas. 

If  the  "Spirit  of  Truth,"  is  leading  us,  we  must  ex- 
pect to  be  led  into  more  spiritual  ideas  of  all  things.  Our 
conception  of  God,  of  Christ,  of  man  and  of  life,  will  be- 
come more  spiritual. 

As  our  spiritual  sense  of  things  is  quickened,  we  shall 
be  glad  to  find  our  material  sense  being  "done  away." 
Jesus  said,  "The  flesh  profiteth  nothing,  it  is  the  spirit 
that  quickeneth,"  and  we  read  that  many  of  his  disciples 
hearing  this,  "Went  back,  and  walked  no  more  with  him," 
Jno.  6: 6o-66\  for  they  said,  "This  is  a  hard  saying." 
They  were  not  able  to  "bear"  it,  but  shall  not  we  search 
deeper  into  the  words,  and  seek  for  their  highest  mean- 
ing? 

May  we  not  say  with  Paul:  "Henceforth  know  we  no 
man  after  the  flesh;  yea  though  we  have  known  Christ 
after  the  flesh,  yet  henceforth  know  we  him  so  no  more?" 
2dCor.$:i6.  For  are  we  not  going  to  search  for  the 
spiritual  idea  of  God,  of  Christ,  and  of  man? 

Divine  Science  encourages  this  search,  made  by  the 
light  of  Spirit.  The  name  has  a  significance. 

Science  is  "knowledge,  Truth  ascertained;  knowl- 
edge duly  arranged."  Having  for  its  foundation,  or 
starting  point,  a  Truth  that  never  changes,  all  its  knowl- 


GOD.  19 

edge    is    derived    from,  and    agrees  with  this  changeless 
Truth. 

And  this  Science  we  are  now  to  study,  is  Divine,  be- 
cause the  Truth  with  which  it  begins  and  from  which  it 
judges  of  all  things,  is  Divinity.  God  is  the  basis  and 
foundation  of  all  its  knowledge. 

For  where  shall  we  look  for  the  changeless,  but  to 
God,  the  Eternal,  "In  whom  is  no  variableness,  nor 
shadow  of  turning."  Where  shall  we  seek  for  a  beginning, 
and  Source,  Itself  without  beginning,  but  in  the  Infinite 
Mind  of  Wisdom  and  Spirit  of  Truth!  Now  this  is  our 
foundation,  for  in  this  Great  Eternal  Being,  we  shall  find 
a  Cause  or  Source,  therefore  a  reason,  for  everything  that 
is. 

Let  us  then  search  in  Spirit  and  in  Truth  for  a  clearer, 
and  above  all,  a  more  spiritual  understanding  of  this  Great 
Being  we  call  "God." 

We  read,  "Other  foundation  can  no  man  lay,  than  is 
laid,  which  is  Jesus  Christ."  Here  we  learn  that  the 
foundation  for  Truth's  building  is  already  laid:  like  all 
Truth  it  is  eternal! 

"Order  is  heaven's  first  law,"  and  the  order  in  every 
building  is,  that  the  foundation  shall  be  laid  first.  The 
strength  and  safety  of  the  building  depends  upon  thev 
perfection  of  its  foundation. 

What  is  the  foundation  of  Divine  Science? 

The  foundation  for  all  Truth  is  "Jesus  Christ;"  not  a 
personality,  but  the  "Word"  which  was  "In  the  begin- 
ning with  God,  and  was  God."  "All  things  were  made 
by  him,"  (Jno.  1:3)  by  the  Eternal  Word  of  God!  With 
us  always. 

This  Foundation  and  Cause  of  all  things  is  in  our 
midst  today,  and  ever  has  been  in  the  earth. 


20  STUDIES  IN  THE  SCIENCE  OF  DIVINE   HEAUNG. 

Of  it  Jesus  said:  "Before  Abraham  was,  I  am;"  and 
again,  "Lo!  I  am  with  you  always'' 

How  easy  then  to  find  and  lay  our  foundation.  It 
is  God  with  us,  and  through  us,  above  and  below  us — 
God  everywhere  present.  "All  in  all." 

Then,  to  know  certainly  the  changeless  Truth  or  real 
nature  of  all  things,  we  must  find  the  Truth  of  God. 

First  we  will  think  of  God  as  Source  and  Cause  of  all 
things;  not  making  things  of  nothing,  but  of  His  own  Life 
and  Being,  this  Great  Mother-Father  God,  brings  forth 
all  the  forms  of  Life.  "One  God,  and  Father  of  all,  who 
is  above  all,  and  through  all,  and  in  you  all" — Eph.  4:6. 
"For  0/Him,  and  through  Him  and  to  Him  are  all  things." 
— Rom.  11:36. 

God  the  Source  and  the  Cause,  the  Beginning  and 
the  end  of  everything;  as  Spirit  saith:  "I  am  the  Begin- 
ning and  the  end" — "The  first  and  the  last."  "I  am  all 
in  the  beginning,  and  all  in  the  end.  I  am  the  all  of  ev- 
erything!" 

This  is  just  what  we  mean  by  speaking  of  God  as 
Principle,  which  is  thus  defined  by  Webster:  "The 
source  and  origin;  that  from  which  anything  proceeds; 
the  beginning;  the  first," 

Principle  is  changeless  Truth,  Foundation  and  Cause, 
out  of  which  visible  things  are  brought  forth. 

God  is  the  beginning  of  all  things.  Think  of  this! 
Everything  that  lives  and  moves,  begins  its  life  in  God- 
Life.  "With  Thee  is  the  fountain  of  Life."  Everything 
true  has  its  origin  in  God.  All  that  is,  is  in  and  of  God! 
We  cannot  emphasize  this  too  much. 

In  the  Word  we  read,  "The  same  fountain  cannot 
bring  forth  sweet  and  bitter  water."  From  the  same 
source  cannot  come  sweet  and  bitter.  Nothing  can  come 
from  God,  that  is  not  in  God.  If  the  "fountain"  or  source 


GOt).  21 

of  Life  is  sweet  and  good,  it  can  send  forth  only  that 
which  is  pleasant  and  good. 

What  then  is  the  nature  of  this  Fountain  that  sup- 
plies all  Life?  What  do  we  know  of  it? 

We  know  that  God  is  good,  hence  must  say  every- 
thing begins  and  ends  in  Good.  God  never  changes — if 
good,  then  always  good,  and  sends  forth  only  good  to 
His  creation.  "Oh,  taste  and  see  that  the  Lord  is  good." 
— Psl.jf.-S.  "For  Thou,  Lord,  art  good." — 86:5,  This 
teaches  us  then  that  the  Source  of  life  is  good,  and  when 
I  say  with  the  Psalmist,  (£7.7)  "All  my  springs  are  in 
Thee,"  I  understand  that  everything  that  comes  into  my 
life  has  origin  in  this  Great  Fountain  of  Good. 

Moreover,  not  only  is  God  good,  but  all  the  good 
there  is — as  Jesus  said:  "There  is  none  good  but  One.'1 
I  cannot  look  anywhere  else  for  my  good,  but  to  God.  I 
cannot  find  good  in  anything  else.  I  must  look  to  God 
only  for  my  good  health. 

I  must  know  then  where  God  is,  and  what  God  is, 
to  know  where  and  what  my  good  is. 

God  is  the  Source  of  good.  God  is  the  only  source 
of  good.  God  is  the  source  of  good  only,  nothing  else 
but  good  can  come  from  God. 

We  know  God  not  only  a.sa  Source  and  Cause,  but  as 
the  only  Source  and  Cause.  There  is  but  One  Source.  "I 
am  the  Lord,  and  there  is  none  else;  there  is  none  be- 
side me." — ha,  45:5-6.  "One  God  and  Father  of  all." 
"And  Jesus  answered,  The  first  of  all  commandments  is, 
Hear,  O  Israel,  the  Lord,  our  God,  is  One  Lord." 

We  have  thought  it  easy  to  believe  in  One  God;  but 
now  that  we  find  it  means  to  believe  in  One  Good;  One 
Cause  only,  is  it  so  easy? 

We  know  God  as   Life;  therefore  as  the  only   Life, 


2i  STUDIES  IN  THE  SCIENCE  Of  DIVINE  HEALING. 

and  the  Only  Source  of  Life;  so  it  is  written,  "Whoso 
findeth  me,  findeth  Life." — Prov.  8:35. 

We  know  God  as  Love;  as  Paul  says:  "For  God  is 
love."  Not  Loving,  but  is  love  itself,  and  changes  never! 
Love  is  God.  "Every  one  that  loveth  is  born  of  God." 
— i  Jno.  4:7.  The  source  of  everything  is  Love! 

"God  is  Light." — /  Jno.  1:5.  God  is  Truth.  "I  am 
the  light  of  the  world;  I  am  the  Truth,"  Jesus  said. 
There  is  just  One  Light,  One  Understanding,  One  Intelli- 
gence, One  Truth. 

God  is  the  Infinite  Mind — All  Wisdom. 

"God  is  Spirit."  God  is  Substance  (Sub,  under,  and 
stare,  to  stand,) — "that  which  underlies  all  the  outward." 
—  Webster.  Spirit  is  the  one  only  Substance. 

The  Substance  of  all  things  is  not  the  visible  but  the 
Invisible;  is  not  matter,  but  Spirit.  "The  things  that 
are  not  seen  are  eternal."  We  should  rejoice  in  this. 
"Things  are  not  what  they  seem,"  but  altogether  better  ! 
So  Jesus  said:  "Judge  not  by  appearances,  but  judge  right- 
eous judgment." 

Science  teaches  us  to  judge  of  things  by  their  Source. 
If  all  things  proceed  from  One  Source,  they  are  con- 
tained in  that  Source,  before  they  are  visible,  and  they 
can  be  only  what  that  Source  is. 

We  have  seen  that  the  Origin  of  all  things  is  Light; 
is  Love;  is  Good;  is  Spirit,  or  Intelligent  Mind;  is  Truth, 
and,  like  a  Great  Fountain,  this  Light  and  Love,  Truth 
and  Life,  is  pouring  forth  its  perfect  Substance  into  all 
the  forms  of  Life.  In  countless  ways  it  is  making  itself 
visible  to  us. 

But  where  shall  we  find  this  Great  Source  which  is 
our  Life,  Substance  and  Intelligence?  Do  we  say,  like 
Job,  "Oh,  that  I  knew  where  I  might  find  him,  that  I 
might  come  even  to  his  seat"? — yob  23:3. 


GOD.  23 

We  long  for  God,  because  we  long  for  Truth,  for 
Peace,  for  Love,  for  Understanding,  for  Life.  Jesus  said 
that  to  know  God  aright  is  Life,  eternal.  Our  desire  for 
life,  Peace  and  Good,  is  really  our  cry  for  God, 
Where  shall  we  find  Him?  Everywhere.  "In  Him  I 
live." — Ads  17:28.  Think  of  this!  I  live  in  Life  eternal, 
in  Intelligence,  in  Spirit,  in  Truth  and  Love,  in  All  Good. 
Of  course  I  do  if  the  kingdom  of  God  is  within  me— at 
hand. 

Do  we  believe  that  God  is  Omnipresent?  We  say  yes; 
but  think,  do  we  believe  God  is  ^//-Presence?  "God 
omnipotent  means  good  everywhere  present,"  and  this 
admits  of  no  other  presence  but  Good.  Do  we  believe 
that  God's  Presence  fills  every  spot  and  space,  and  do 
we  refuse  to  see  anything  that  is  not  the  presence  of 
Good?  Yet  this  is  just  What  (9ww'-presence  means. 

The  Bible  supports  this  idea:  jfer.  23:24,  "Do  I  not 
fill  heaven  and  earth?  saith  the  Lord."  Psl.  139:7, 
"Whither  shall  I  go  from  thy  spirit,  or  whither  shall  I 
flee  from  thy  presence?  If  I  ascend  into  heaven  Thou 
art  there.  If  I  make  my  bed  in  hell,  behold  Thou  art 
there."  God's  presence,  which,  remember,  means  the 
presence  of  Changeless  Love,  Truth  and  Life,  fills  heaven 
and  earth,  and  behold  is  to  be  found  even  in  hell  ! 

What  is  the  difference  between  "heaven"  and  "hell"? 
Heaven  is  where  God's  presence  is  recognized  as  "all  in 
all."  Hell  is  where  God's  presence  is  not  recognized. 
Both  are  "within"  us. 

But  as  if  these  words  were  not  enough  to  convince 
us,  we  hear  still  further,  in  Eph.  1:23,  about  "The  fulness 
of  Him  that  filleth  all  in  all";  and  again,  Col.  3 :ii,  we 
read,  "Christ  is  all  and  in  all."  This  is  what  God  omni- 
present means. 

Omnipotent — All-Power — admits    no    other   Power. 


24  STUDIES  IN  THE  SCIENCE  OP  DIVINE  HEADING. 

God's  Power  is  the  Only  Presence.  Can  we  accept  this? 
Paul  says  this  very  thing,  in  Rom.  13:1,  "There  is  no  pow- 
er but  of  God."  Can  we  now  admit  an  evil  power  or  an 
evil  presence?  Can  we  claim  any  longer  a  Source  for 
evil? 

Non-recognition  of  God  as  Omnipresence,  Omnipo- 
tence, as  All  in  All,  is  the  only  cause,  presence  or  power 
of  evil.  Hence  to  recognize  God  as  All-Presence,  All- 
Power,  All-Intelligence,  Omniscience,  shall  be  the  de- 
struction of  every  claim  of  evil,  error,  or  fear. 


CONDENSED    STATEMENTS. 


"  In  the  beginning  was  the  word.  " 

Divine  Understanding  begins  with  the  word. 

In  imitation  thereof  we  begin  by  speaking  the  word. 

"  The  kingdom  of  God  is  within  you.  " 

"The  kingdom  of  heaven  is  at  hand.  " 

God  is  Everywhere.     God  is  here. 

God  is  Light.     Light  is  here. 

God  is  Truth.     Truth  is  here. 

God  is  Good.     Good  is  here. 

God  is  Peace.     Peace  is  here. 

God  is  Freedom.     Freedom  is  here. 

Now  am  I  in  All  Good  Presence. 

Now  am  I  in  Perfect  Freedom. 

Now  am  I  in  Changeless  Love  and  Truth. 

Now  am  I  in  Eternal  Life. 

Now  am  I  in  Full  Light,  for  "  I  live,  move  and  have 
my  being "  in  God.  In  Light,  Truth,  Love,  Freedom, 
Goodness  and  Peace. 

"  God  is  All  and  in  all. " 

"The  Truth  shall  make  you  free." 


STUDIES  IN  THE  SCIENCE  OP  DIVINE  HEALING. 


"When  ever  the  Christmas  season 

Lends  lustre  and  peace  to  the  year, 

And  the  Ling-long-ling  of  the  bells, 

Tells  only  of  joy  and  cheer, 

I  hear  in  the  sweet  wild  music, 

These  words,  and  I  hold  them  true: 

The  Christ  who  was  born  on  Christmas  morn, 

Did  only  what  you  can  do. 

Each  soul  that  hath  breath  and  being 
Is  touched  with  heaven's  own  fire; 
Each  living  man  is  part  of  the  plan, 
To  lift  the  world  up  higher. 
No  matter  how  narrow  your  limits, 
Go  forth  and  make  them  broad, 
You  are,  every  one,  the  daughter  or  son, 
Crown  Prince,  or  Princess  of  God." 


CHRIST,   THE  DIVINE  MAN. 


LTHOUGH  Truth  may  be  Omnipotent,    and  perfect 

Love  be  Omnipresent;  though  we  may  "live  move, 
and  have  our  being"  in  God,  the  All-Good;  though  we 
dwell  in  the  kingdom  of  heaven,  if  we  are  not  conscious 
of  these  truths,  and  do  not  know  the  wonderfnl  meaning 
to  us,  we  may  go  our  way,  in  lack  of  all  things,  losing  the 
blessedness  that  is  ours. 

"Heirs  of  God,  joint  heirs  with  Christ,"  we  may, 
through  ignorance  of  this,  be  slaves  of  misery  and  pov- 
erty. As  Paul  declares:  "Now  the  heir,  so  long  as  he  is 
a  child,  (without  understanding),  differeth  nothing  from 
a  servant,  though  he  be  lord  of  all." — Gal.  4:1. 

Truth  must  be  recognized  in  order  to  be  realized  by 
us,  and  to  become  a  power  in  and  through  our  lives. 

It  is  said  that  seed  have  been  found  in  the  hands  of 
mummies,  which  being  planted,  have  burst  forth  into 
growth,  after  having  been  dormant  for  centuries.  The 
seed  had  within  it  all  the  Life-principle,  waiting  devel- 
opment, but  the  hand  that  held  it  was  dead. 

The  Divine  Life  and  Truth  begins  in  the  soul  as  a 
seed.  It  may  be  held  in  a  dead  consciousness,  but  the 
Truth-seed  never  dies.  It  is  waiting  its  opportunity.  It 
is  implanted  by  Divine  Hand  in  every  soul. 

One  says,  "When  Jesus  said  he  had  finished  the 
work,  he  had  sown  the  entire  field  with  seed;  the  seed 
were  small,  the  harvest  is  universal" 


28  STUDIES  IN  THE  SCIENCE  OF  DIVINE  HEADING. 

"  We  think  that  heaven  will  not  shut  forevermore, 

Without  a  knocker  left  outside  the  door  : 

Lest  some  belated  wanderer  should  come 

Heart-broken,  asking  just  to  be  at  home. 

So  that  the  Father  will  at  last  forgive, 

And  looking  on  His  face,  that  soul  shall  live. 

We  think  there  will  be  watchmen  through  the  night, 

Lest  any  far  off  turn  them  to  the  light. 

That  He  who  loved  us  into  Life,  must  be 

A  Father,  Infinitely  Fatherly. 

And  groping  for  Him,  all  shall  find  their  way 

From  outer  darkness,  through  twilight,  into  perfect  day." 

"His  mercy  endureth  forever." 

"Every  knee  shall  bow,  every  tongue  confess." 

What  is  this  knowledge  that  we  need  to  make  us 
free? 

The  knowledge  of  God,  and  of  man's  relation  to 
God;  the  right  understanding  of  these  will  break  the 
bonds  of  our  captivity,  and  give  us  consciousness  of 
Eternal  Life. 

Jesus  said,  knowing  the  Truth  makes  free,  also 
knowing  God  is  Eternal  Life — two  most  precious  boons, 
Freedom  and  Life,  are  ours  for  the  knowing.  Knowing 
what?  That  they  are  ours  !  "All  things  are  yours," 
Paul  affirms.  Life  and  freedom  are  mine  now.  The 
Truth  makes  me  know  I  am  free.  Understanding  God 
and  my  relation  to  God,  convinces  me  that  I  am  Eternal 
Life,  for  I  am  made  of  Eternal  Life,  I  am  Peace,  because 
I  am  made  of  everlasting  Peace.  I  am  changeless  Love 
and  Truth,  for  I  am  made  of  Love  and  Truth  that 
changes  never. 

"I  am,  because  God  is."  God  is  the  reason  or  cause 
of  my  being  at  all;  the  Source  and  Substance  of  my  ex- 
istence. 

All  that  I  am  must  be  found  in  God  my  Source,   and 


CHRIST,    THE   DIVINE  MAN.  29 

most  truly  I  cannot  be  anything  that  God  is  not,  for  I 
have  no  other  Source.  God  is  all.  I  cannot  be  some- 
thing else. 

To  know  what  I  am,  I  must  know  what  God  is,  for 
in  God  I  have  my  beginning  and  in  God  I  shall  have  my 
end.  God  is  "All  and  in  all." 

What  is  God?  Goethe  says,  "The  Most  High  cannot 
be  spoken  in  words."  Then  words,  either  written  or 
spoken,  can  only  hint  of  the  highest  conception  of  Truth, 
and  each  soul  must  go  for  itself  to  the  Infinite  Fount,  to 
receive  within  its  own  consciousness. 

To  form  a  practical  idea  of  God,  take  paper  and  pen- 
cil and  write  the  word  "God";  then  write  with  this  word 
every  term  that  expresses  God  to  you.  Do  not  forget 
the  Infinitude  of  God,  and  when  you  write  beside  the 
word  God — "One" — write  with  it,  "All."  The  One  God 
is  all  there  is. 

If  you  write  "Mind,"  let  the  One  Mind  be  All  Mind; 
declare  that  the  One  Mind  is  all  Mind;  then  cast  out  be- 
lief of  something  beside  God,  by  saying,  There  is  no 
other  Mind,  no  mortal  mind. 

If  you  write  the  word  "Love,"  let  it  be  to  you  All. 
"Love  fills  all,  I  live  in  perfect  Love.  There  is  no  fear 
or  hate." 

Whatever  you  write  with  God — "Life,"  "Strength," 
"Spirit,"  "Light,"  "Good" — declare  it  All.  Deny  the 
claim  of  any  opposite.  Make  this  a  common  practice  if 
you  would  see  God  everywhere. 

So  we  love  to  think  of  God  as  changeless  Good, 
filling  all:  the  Only  Power,  controlling  all;  Principle,  or 
Source  of  Life,  pressed  out  into  all.  Perfect  Truth  and 
Love,  pervading  all.  Eternal  Mind  and  Substance,  sus- 
taining all.  Everpresent  Fulness,  supplying  all,  The 


30  STPDIES  IN   THE  SCIENCE  OF  DIVINE  HEALING. 

Only  Intelligence  enlightening  all.  "Since  God  is  all, 
there  is  no  room  for  any  opposite." — 5,  and  H. 

Can  any  limited  personality  be  attached  to  such  an 
exalted  idea  of  Infinite  Being?  Can  we  for  a  moment 
think  that  such  an  Universal  idea  of  Deity,  can  be  com- 
patible with  the  cramped  notion  of  God,  as  dwelling  in 
any  one  time  or  place  in  greater  fulness  than  in  another? 

"The  fulness  of  Him  that  filleth  all  in  all,  without 
shadow  of  turning,"  must  teach  of  Limitless  Presence 
and  Power,  "That  God  may  be  all  and  in  all,"  in  every 
time  and  every  place  the  same. 

One  says,  "We  are  as  much  in  the  presence  of  God 
now,  as  we  shall  ever  be."  The  only  possibility  is  to  be- 
come more  and  more  conscious  of  God's  presence.  Our 
heaven  is  growing  nearer,  as  our  knowledge  of  God's 
presence  expands. 

To  understand  my  relation  to  God,  I  must  study 
Jesus  Christ,  for  I  am  nothing  to  God  except  by  and  in 
the  Christ. 

"No  man  cometh  to  the  Father  but  by  me."  Jesus 
Christ,  we  have  been  told,  is  the  foundation  of  every  cre- 
ated thing.  All  the  universe  of  Spirit  (and  there  is  no 
other  universe)  is  built  upon  Christ.  What  is  the  mean- 
ing of  Christ?  "Now  know  I  no  man  after  the  flesh. 
Yea,  though  I  have  known  Christ  after  the  flesh,  yet 
henceforth  know  I  Him  no  more."  If  we  will  find  the 
spiritual  idea  of  Christ  Jesus,  we  can  then  understand  how 
every  man  is  founded  upon  Christ,  and  how  "Christ  is 
all  in  all." 

Many  sayings  of  Jesus,  which  cannot  refer  to  per- 
sonality, will  also  be  made  clear  to  us,  as  "Before  Abra- 
ham was,  I  am."  "Lo,  I  am  with  you  always."  This  "I 
am"  that  has  been  and  shall  always  be  in  the  world,  can- 
not possibly  be  the  personal  Jesus,  it  must  be  something 


CHRIST,    THE  DIVINE  MAN.  31 

more.  There  is  plainly  reference  to  an  impersonal  pres- 
ence. Also,  when  Jesus  said  of  his  disciples,  "That  they 
may  be  one  in  us,  I  in  them  and  Thou  in  me,"  he  must 
have  referred  to  a  spiritual  or  soul  relation,  and  not  to 
any  personality. 

"In  the  beginning  was  the  Word,  and  the  Word  was 
with  God,  and  the  Word  was  God." — Jno.  i :i.  Christ  is 
here  called  the  "Word"  of  God,  which  signifies  the  ex- 
pression of  God;  or  the  expression  of  Life,  Truth  and 
Love.  This  eliminates  all  idea  of  personality. 

A  minister  called  the  attention  of  his  listeners  to  the 
fact  that  in  the  Gospels  the  name  Christ  applied  to  the 
Divine  Nature  of  the  Son  of  God,  and  the  name  Jesus  to 
his  human  nature. 

Let  us  try  to  understand  Jesus'  relation  to  God,  for 
it  is  the  type  of  every  living  soul.  "I  am  the  way," 
shows  us  that  there  is  no  other  way.  Jesus  himself 
claimed  no  personal  advantage  over  any  one.  He  said, 
"I  am  the  light  of  the  world,"  also,  "Ye  are  the  light  of 
the  world."  "As  the  Father  hath  sent  me  even  so  have  I 
sent  you."  "The  works  that  I  do,  shall  ye  do."  "That 
the  world  may  know  that  Thou  has  loved  them  as  Thou 
hast  loved  me." 

He  showed  what  God  could  do  in  man,  and  that  the 
Divine  Power  that  governed  him  is  universal,  hence  is 
for  all  alike. 

One  says,  "Jesus  solved  the  humam  riddle;  he  has 
shown  us  in  himself,  that  God  and  man  are  one  insepara- 
ble life;  God  in  Jesus,  is  God  in  our  humanity." 

Another  declares,  "Christ  comes  not  merely  to  show 
Divinity  to  us,  but  to  evolve  the  latent  Divinity  that  is 
implanted  in  every  one  of  us."  Man  was  ignorant  of  the 
Divine  in  himself.  The  Truth,  always  there,  lay  dor- 
mant in  his  soul.  Jesus  was  the  first  to  rise  out  of  this 


32  STUDIES  IN  THE  SCIENCE  OF  DIVINE  HEADING. 

deadness  of  consciousness.  He  was  the  first  of  heaven's 
children,  to  know  who  and  what  he  is — the  Son  of  God. 
Paul  speaks  of  this  when  he  speaks  of  Jesus  as  "The 
first-born  from  the  dead." — Col.  1:18.  "The  first-born  of 
every  creature." — Col.  1:15.  Into  his  consciousness  shall 
every  soul  follow,  as  fast  as  it  awakens  from  its  dream  of 
ignorance. 

By  what  Power  did  Jesus  know  and  manifest  the 
Divine  Life  and  Truth?  There  is  but  One  Power,  One 
Presence,  One  Mind  or  Intelligence.  Jesus  recognized 
the  One  as  All.  He  said,  "Of  myself  \  can  do  nothing." 
He  claimed  no  individual  power,  no  power  but  that 
which  is  universal,  therefore  is  for  all. 

One  says,  "We  must  not  try  to  imitate  Jesus  in  his 
self-confidence."  But  was  Jesus'  reliance  upon  himself, 
or  was  it  upon  the  One  Divine  Power  and  Presence,  and 
shall  we  not  imitate  him  in  this? 

Jesus'  sole  dependence  was  upon  the  Divine  Nature 
which  he  was  manifesting,  the  Christ  or  Expression  of 
God,  his  own  spiritual  Being  and  Life.  The  same  must 
be  the  strength  and  moving  power  of  every  living  soul. 
Each  one  may  say  as  truly  as  could  Jesus:  "I  can  do 
all  things  through  Christ  which  strengthened  me." — Phil. 

4:13- 

This  Christ  is  the  Whole  Divine  Nature,  always  with 
us,  of  which  each  soul  is  a  partaker. 

"Christ  is  all  in  all." — Col.  j:ii.  We  need  to  accept 
this  in  its  fullest  sense,  for  then  shall  we  come  to  see 
Christ  Onlv ;  Begotten  of  God:  Divine  Self-hood;  Divine 
Man,  as  all  Self-hood,  as  the  Only  Man.  Not  seen  "Af- 
ter the  flesh,"  but  in  the  understanding  of  God's  Divine 
Idea  of  Man.  All  personality  is  lost  sight  of. 

This  is  the  Foundation  and  Substance  of  every  liv- 
ing soul.  Christ  is  God's  complete  Idea  for  all  men. 


CHRIST,   THE  DIVINE  MAN.  33 

We  are  to  come  into  Christ,  by  letting  the  old  self  "go"— 
die  to  our  consciousness,  and  know  Christ  to  be  all.  All 
therefore  of  me. 

Jesus  knew  perfectly  that  he  was  nothing  apart  from 
the  Divine,  but  recognizing  his  Divinity ,  declared  all 
power,  life,  perfection  and  truth  to  be  his,  because  of  his 
relation  to  the  Infinite.  No  other  has  yet  comprehended 
this  as  Jesus  did,  but  "All  shall  know  Him." 

"Beloved,  now  are  we  the  sons  of  God,  .  .  .  but 
we  know  that  when  He  shall  appear,  we  shall  be  like 
Him."  When  we  are  like  Him,  he  shall  appear  to  us 
again.  Then  we  shall  be  able  to  see  Him. 

"Christ  in  you,  your  hope  of  glory." — Col.  1:27.  The 
Divine  in  you  is  your  claim  upon  God,  and  through  It  and 
in  It  shall  you  be  glorified. 

"  In  His  Son  the  Father  sees  us, 
And  as  Sons  He  gives  us  place." 

How  shall  I  truly  accept  Christ  as  my  substitute?  By 
putting  myself — as  I  have  thought  myself  to  be, — entirely 
out  of  mind,  and  where  I  have  looked  upon  self,  see 
Christ  as  the  Only  Self.  I  can  then  say  with  Paul,  "I no 
longer  live,  but  Christ  liveth  in  me,"  or  in  place  of  the  old 
me.  This  is  true  ^//-sacrifice,  to  be  made  "Once  for  all." 
We  have  been  trying  to  patch  up  and  make  better  the 
old  self.  We  have  repented  of  a  sin  here,  and  a  short- 
coming there,  and  where  the  sin  has  rent  the  soul,  we 
have  tried  to  put  in  a  new  piece,  a  better  condition. 
Shall  we  recall  Jesus'  words:  "No  man  putteth  a  piece 
of  new  cloth  into  an  old  garment — for  the  rent  is  made 
worse." — Matt.  9:16.  This  is  just  what  we  have  endeav- 
ored to  do,  to  patch  up  our  old  lives  with  new  Christ-life. 
What  has  been  the  result?  Is  sin  destroyed  and  its  ef- 
fects banished? 

If  not,  let  us  listen  to  the  "new"  way.     Entirely  dis- 


34  STUDIES  IN  THE  SCIENCE  OF  DIVINE  HEALING. 

card  the  old  self;  do  not  try  to  improve  the  mortal,  but 
accept  the  Divine  Self  in  its  stead.  If  the  Divine  is  ex- 
alted and  the  mortal  denied  a  place,  soon  it  will  "No 
longer  live,"  but  the  Divine  will  be  all  life. 

"Likewise,  reckon  ye  yourselves  also  to  be  dead  unto 
sin,  but  alive  unto  God  through  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord." 
This  is  to  "Put  on  Christ." — Rom.  13:14.  Put  out  of 
thought  the  self  that  sins,  and  looking  at  Christ,  or  man's 
Divine  Nature  as  all  of  man  in  God's  image,  declare: 
"Christ  is  my  Divine  Nature;  Christ  is  my  Life  and  Be- 
ing; Christ  is  my  Self-hood,  when  I  find  myself  in  God. 
I  accept  Christ  as  the  All-Truth  of  me,  for  "Christ  is  all 
and  in  all." 

Of  such,  the  Divine  saith:  "Their  sins  and  their  in- 
iquities will  I  remember  no  more."  Having  once  truly  ac- 
cepted Christ,  we  can  have  no  more  memory  of  sin,  but 
will  say  with  Paul,  "If  I  do  that  which  I  would  not,  it  is 
no  more  /that  do  it."  The  Divine  of  me  cannot  sin,  suf- 
fer, or  be  sick. 

Continual  sacrifice  for  sin  is  not  Divine  method,  and 
is  therefore  not  acceptable  to  Deity. — Heb.  10:1-3,  5,  6, 
8,  11-14. 

Accepting  the  Divine  of  us — Child  of  God — instead 
of  the  child  of  evil,  we  make  a  sacrifice  "once  for  all," 
or  rather  accept  the  eternal  sacrifice  in  Christ. 

One  says,  "True  humility  is  not  to  think  meanly  of 
oneself,  but  not  to  think  of  self  at  all."  Accepting  Christ 
instead  of  self  is  not  to  think  of  self  at  all;  therefore  not 
to  think  of  the  sinner.  It  is  to  be  so  filled  with  the  Di- 
vine Idea  of  Perfection,  Love,  Goodness  and  Truth,  as  to 
have  no  room  for  any  other  idea. 

Jesus  taught  the  Divine  Nature  of  man  when  he 
bade  him  say  "Our  Father."  This  declares  man  to  have 


CHRIST,    THE  DIVINE  MAN.  35 

a  Divine  origin.  We  say  this  is  man's  only  nature,  for 
there  is  no  other  origin. 

Jesus  emphasizes  this  when  he  bids  us  "Call  no  man 
on  the  earth  your  father,  for  One  is  your  Father  even 
God."  The  command  is,  Acknowledge  no  Life-giver, 
no  Source,  or  Cause  but  Spirit. 

We  have  always  recognized  the  "spark"  of  Divinity 
in  man;  why  is  it  but  a  spark?  Is  the  Divine  so  feeble 
that  it  must  yield  the  right  of  possession  to  another 
power?  No,  for  there  is  no  other  power  !  It  simply 
means  that  we  have  acknowledged  the  Divine  so  little 
that  it  has  seemed  but  a  spark  to  us. 

Now,  if  we  will  exalt  the  Divine  in  man,  lift  it  up,  in 
all  our  ways  acknowledge  him,  we  shall  soon  realize  the 
spiritual  sense  of  Jesus'  words:  "If  I  be  lifted  up,  I  will 
draw  all  men  unto  me."  Truth  will  fan  the  "spark"  into 
a  great  "flame"  when  we  lift  up  Divinity  in  all. 


36  STUDIES  IN  THE  SCIENCE  OF  DIVINE   HEALING. 


CONDENSED    STATEMENTS. 

God  is  manifest  to  me  through  Christ  within,  "Be- 
cause that  which  may  be  known  of  God,  is  manifest  in 
them." — Rom.  i ;  ig. 

I  am  heir  of  all  good  through  the  Divine  in  me.  God 
only  is  my  Father,  Source,  Origin,  hence  my  only  inher- 
itance is  good. 

In  the  Divine  of  me,  I  am  the  child  of  God.  I  am 
the  child  of  Good.  Child  of  Light.  I  am  born  of  Love. 
"I  am  free-born."  I  am  child  of  Truth.  I  inherit  all 
Good,  all  Love,  all  Light,  or  Knowledge,  all  Peace,  all 
Wholeness. 

I  have  no  lack.  I  do  not  lack  good.  I  have  no  lack 
of  Love  or  Knowledge.  I  have  no  lack  of  Peace  or 
Health,  for  "I"  am  Divine. 

By  the  Christ,  or  the  Truth,  I  am  made  free. 

"If  the  Son  shall  make  you  free,  then  are  ye  free  in- 
deed."— Jno.  8:  36. 


THE    HOLY    GHOST. 


DIVINE  CONSCIOUSNESS. 


(( JTIHAT  which  is  born  of  spirit  is  spirit."  The  child 
I  has  the  nature  of  the  Father.  If  God  is  our 
"Father"  we  may  rightfully  claim  to  be  of  Divine  Nature. 
Having  been  blind  to  this,  all  kinds  of  conceptions  have 
gathered  around  ourselves — but  "The  Truth  shall  make 
you  free." 

We  have  heard  of  the  artist,  who  looking  upon  a 
rough  stone  said,  "There's  an  angel  in  that  stone."  There 
was  no  visible  evidence  of  it,  yet  he  began  his  work  of 
chipping  away,  with  patience  and  skill,  bit  after  bit  of 
the  stone  that  hid  the  angel,  until  at  last  there  stood  be- 
fore all  eyes  the  visible  representation.  The  artist  mind 
saw  the  invisible  angel,  hidden  beneath  the  rough  exter- 
ior— so  Divine  Mind  sees  Divine  nature  buried  out  of 
sight  perhaps  in  humanity,  and  with  patience  and  skill 
destroys  mortality's  claims,  one  after  another,  until  the 
perfect  being  is  revealed. 

What  further  endorsement  do  we  find  in  the  word  of 
God,  for  the  Divine  in  man? 

In  its  first  chapter  we  read:  "God  created  man  in 
His  own  image ;  in  the  image  of  God  created  He  him;" 
and  again  in  the  same  first  chapter  are  these  words;  "And 
God  saw  everything  that  He  had  made,  and  behold  it  was 
very  good." 


38  STUDIES  IN  THE  SCIENCE  OF  DIVINE  HEADING. 

Is  there  anything  that  God  did  not  make?  "All  things 
were  made  by  Him;  and  without  Him  was  not  anything 
made  that  was  made.'' — Jno.  1:3.  God  made  everything, 
and  pronounces  all  He  made  "very  good";  then  there  is 
no  reality  in  evil. 

Whatever  there  is,  God  is  responsible  for  it,  and  more 
than  that  is  the  Source  of  it:  there  is  "none  else."  "Who- 
sover  is  born  of  God  doth  not  commit  sin,  he  cannot  sin; 
because  he  is  born  of  God." — /  Jno.  i :  9.  "We  know  that 
we  are  of  God."  That  which  is  born  of  God  and  cannot 
sin,  is  the  Divine  Man,  the  "Image  and  likeness"  of  God; 
for  that  which  comes  forth  from  God  is  like  God. 

As  we  have  been  admonished  to  call  none  other 
"Father,"  we  must  acknowledge  ourselves  born  of  God, 
and  must  know  further  that  all  that  is  born  of  God  is  pure 
and  perfect.  "Be  ye  therefore  perfect  even  as  your 
Father  in  heaven  is  perfect." — Matt.  5: 48. 

"Be  ye  holy  for  I  am  holy." — /  Pet.  i:  16. 

My  only  claim  of  perfection  and  holiness  must  be, 
because  God  my  only  source  is  Perfect  and  Holy.  That 
which  comes  from  God  and  is  of  God  must  be  holy,  the 
image  of  God  cannot  sin.  Christ,  Son  of  God,  is  the 
Divine  Nature  of  all,  and  in  the  Christ,  or  Truth  of  myself, 
I  am  Divine.  Jesus  said,  "I  am  the  Vine,  ye  are  the 
branches,"  and  it  is  written  in  the  same  book:  "If  the 
root  be  holy,  so  are  the  branches." — Rom.  11:16. 

Paul  says,  "That  we  may  present  every  man  perfect 
in  Christ  Jesus,"  which  means  spiritually,  and  in  no  other 
sense  can  any  one  be  in  Christ  Jesus,  that  we  may  present 
every  man  perfect  in  the  Divine  of  himself. 

Man  has  never  yet  been  bettered  by  condemnation; 
would  it  not  be  wise  to  try  the  opposite  course?  see  the 
"angel"  or  the  Divine  Nature,  the  Christ  presence  in 
every  soul,  no  matter  how  hidden;  deny  the  truth  of  all 


THE  HOI.Y  GHOST.  39 

seeming  error;  it  is  not  born  of  God,  and  all  that  is  real 
is  of  God.  Break  away  the  false  ideas  that  obscure  the 
angel  and  watch  the  result. 

"The  worst  way  to  improve  the  world  is  to  condemn 
it.  Men  might  be  better  if  we  better  desire  of  them." 
"Man  is  the  image  and  glory  of  God." — /  Cor.  n :  j. 
"Men,  which  are  made  after  the  similitude  of  God." — 
James  j :  g. 

It  is  certain  that  man  in  his  spiritual  nature  is  God- 
like, and  when  we  see  or  understand  but  One  Source,  One 
Life,  One  Mind,  and  One  Substance — Spirit — we  shall 
know  that  man's  true  and  only  nature  is  Spiritual.  "God 
hath  made  man  upright,  but  they  have  sought  out  many 
inventions'' — Ecc.  7: 29.  Man  has  invented  many  false 
ideas  about  himself,  and  these  false  claims  have  gathered 
so  densely  about  him,  as  to  cover  his  "eyes"  with  a 
thick  "cloud";  so  that  the  inner  glory  of  God  is  not 
recognized. 

This  "cloud"  or  veil,  is  "done  away"  when  we  see 
Christ,  the  Holy  One  of  God  as  "All  in  all."  We  "die" 
to  the  old  idea  of  self  which  was  false,  and  become  alive 
to  the  Divine  idea,  the  Eternal, — though  "new"  to  us. 

Paul  beseeches  us  to  put  on  this  new  idea  of  man 
when  he  says : 

"That  ye  put  off  concerning  \.\\.t  former  conversation  the 
old  man"  (do  not  any  longer  talk  about  the  man  of  sin; 
the  man  of  God  never  sins),  which  is  corrupt  according  to 
the  deceitful  lusts.  And  be  renewed  in  the  spirit  of  your 
minds.  And  that  ye  put  on  the  new  man  (the  new  idea  of 
man)  which  after  God,  is  created  in  righteousness  and  true 
holiness. — Eph.  4:22-24. 

The  Bit>le  gives  full  encouragement  to  look  at  God's 
perfect  work,  and  to  put  away  the  old  idea  of  unright- 
>  usness. 


40  STUDIES   IN  THE   SCIENCE  OP  DIVINE  HEADING. 

If  we  once  realize  God  as  "All  and  in  all" — All  that 
is  in  all — we  can  never  again  admit  the  truth  of  some- 
thing beside  God.  The  source  and  cause  of  error  and 
evil,  is  the  belief  in  something  beside  God.  A  belief  in  two 
Minds,  two  Substances,  two  Powers,  and  two  Truths,  op- 
posite to  each  other,  is  all  the  evil  there  is,  and  this  be- 
lief is  false. 

"I  am  the  Lord,  and  beside  me  there  is  none  else." 
Let  us  get  from  this  statement  all  the  practical  interpre- 
tation that  we  can. 

The  Lord  is  Life — All  Life — then  it  may  read:  "I 
am  All  Life  and  beside  Life  there  is  none  else,  no  op- 
posite to  Life."  According  to  which  we  safely  conclude 
there  is  no  death.  Life  is  All  Power,  All  Presence. 

What  a  joyful  message  if  we  can  receive  it! 

The  Lord  is  Good,  All  Good;  then  it  may  read: 
"I  am  All  Good  and  beside  Good  there  is  none  else." 
Which  plainly  states,  there  is  no  evil.  Good  is  All 
Power  and  Presence. 

The  Lord  is  Spirit,  then  it  may  read:  "I  am  spirit, 
and  beside  Spirit  there  is  none  else."  This  teaches  us 
that  all  is  Spirit,  there  is  no  other  substance,  no  other 
Presence. 

The  Lord  is  Love,  and  so  it  may  read:  "I  am  Love, 
and  beside  Love  there  none  else."  There  is  no  hate  or 
fear.  "Perfect  love  casteth  out  all  fear." — /  Jno.  4:18. 
All  is  Love.  The  only  Presence  is  Love. 

If  Spirit  is  All,  then  I  am  Spirit. 

Spirit  has  no  clouds  and  darkness.  Spirit  is  Light; 
then  I  am  Light. 

Spirit  has  no  sin,  sickness,  or  death  in  it.  Spirit  is 
Holiness,  Wholeness,  and  Life  eternal.  I  am  Holiness, 
Wholeness,  and  Life  eternal.  I  am  Understanding  for  I 
am  Spirit. 


THE  HOI,Y  GHOST.  4! 

"There  is  a  Spirit  in  man  and  the  inspiration  of  the 
Almighty  giveth  them  understanding." — Job  34:8. 

This  "inspiration"  of  the  Almighty  is  what  we  have 
known  as  the  Holy  Spirit,  and  here  it  is  declared  that 
this  Spirit  "giveth  understanding." 

The  Holy  Spirit  of  God  is  Divine  Consciousness  or 
Understanding,  which  illumines  the  soul,  revealing  to 
it  the  truth  of  the  Infinite  Love,  Life,  and  Peace;  by  the 
Light  of  the  Spirit  each  individual  may  know  the  unlim- 
ited Presence  and  Power  of  all  Good,  and  may  claim  this 
Presence  and  Power  as  its  own. 

God  is  manifest  to  us  visibly  in  Jesus. 

"He  that  hath  seen  me  hath  seen  the  Father." — Jno. 
14:9. 

God  is  manifest  to  us  in  the  Invisible  in  Christ,  the 
Divine  Nature  in  each, 

"For  that  which  may  be  known  of  God  is  manifest 
in  them." — Rom.  i:iq. 

Christ  is  God's  Divine  Idea;  in  Christ  we  see  what 
the  Divine  Idea  is  for  all.  The  Light  by  which  we  see 
this  Divine  Idea,  is  Divine  Consciousness,  or  the  Holy 
Ghost.  By  this  inner  light  are  we  led  into  all  Truth,  it  is 
God-Consciousness  within  us. 

The  unpardonable  sin  is  to  refuse  to  see  this  Light, 
and  to  be  led  by  it — for  as  long  as  we  refuse  its  guidance 
we  must  remain  in  darkness,  or  lack  of  knowledge;  by  no 
other  power  can  we  be  enlightened  concerning  our 
Source  and  our  Divine  Nature.  The  sin  of  ignoring  the 
Light  Divine  must  be  given  up,  it  can  never  be  excused: 
by  no  other  leading  can  we  find  the  Father.  This  Holy 
Spirit  guides  us  from  within,  it  is  the  consciousness  of 
God  in  the  soul. 

God  is  known  as  a  Trinity  in  Unity  called  Father, 


42  STUDIES  IN  THE  SCIENCE  OF  DIVINE  HEADING. 

Son  and  Holy  Ghost.  Our  three  lessons  thus  far  have 
presented  the  spiritual  idea  of  this  Trinity. 

God,  the  Infinite  Mind  of  the  Universe  and  man  . 
Christ,  the  Divine  Idea  of  the  Infinite  Mind.  Holy 
Spirit,  the  Divine  Consciousness  of  the  Infinite  Mind. 
There  is  no  perplexity  in  this  understanding,  to  see  how 
the  Three  are  One. 

Mind  to  be  complete  and  perfect  must  have  within 
it  a  Perfect  Idea,  and  Perfect  Consciousness.  Also,  Idea 
and  Consciousness  cannot  exist  without  Mind  to  contain 
and  include  them. 

If  we  expect  to  accomplish  anything,  the  very  first 
fact  is  that  we  have  an  idea  in  mind  of  what  we  want  to 
do,  and  how  we  want  to  do  it.  All  we  do  is  based  upon, 
and  begins  in  that  idea.  So  Christ  is  the  Idea  in  the  Su- 
preme Mind  from  which  all  created  things  begin. 

That  which  enables  a  mind  to  carry  out,  or  manifest 
its  idea,  is  its  consciousness — by  understanding  that  it 
can  do  a  thing  our  mind  acts.  So  the  Holy  Spirit  is  the 
Acting  Power  of  Supreme  Mind,  by  which  the  Perfect 
Idea  it  contains  is  carried  into  expression. 

Christ  is  the  Whole  Truth  of  creation  which  is  in  the 
Infinite  Mind  before  creation.  Christ  is  the  Universal 
Man,  the  Divine  Idea  and  Divine  Nature  of  every  indi- 
vidual. This  is  what  Jesus  meant  by  saying,  "I  am  the 
Vine" — there  is  just  One  Divine  Man,  "Only  Begotten 
Son  of  God,"  "For  whom  the  whole  family  in  heaven  and 
earth  are  named."  The  "whole  family"  are  the  many 
"branches"  of  the  one  vine.  All  individuals  branch  out 
from  the  One  Divine  Nature. 

Study  the  parable  of  the  vine  and  branches  to  under, 
stand  how  all  individuals  are  related  to  the  One  Univer- 
sal Man  of  God. 

Christ  is  the  "Vine,"  the  root  and  beginning  of  all 


THE  HOLY    GHOST.  43 

living  souls,  which  are  the  branches.  Note  the  process 
when  the  vine  begins  to  put  forth  its  life  in  the  spring; 
here  and  there  are  seen  buds  pushing  their  way  out  from 
within  the  parent  stem;  we  know  these  buds  are  the  first 
appearance  of  the  great  branches  into  which  they  shall 
grow;  but  all  the  life  and  substance  of  the  branch  still 
and  always  is  drawn  from  within  the  vine.  There  is  one 
vine,  but  many  branches.  Like  to  this  is  the  relation  ot 
each  and  all  individuals  to  the  One  Divine  Soul.  Divine 
Man  is  the  Holy  Root,  there  is  but  One  Divine  Man — in- 
dividual souls  are  the  many  branches,  pressed  out  from 
within  the  One  Divine  Soul,  having  life  of  its  Life  and 
substance  of  its  Substance. 

"If  the  root  be  holy  so  are  the  branches."  When  we 
see  all  in  the  Christ,  and  of  the  Christ,  know  the  Christ 
or  Divine  Nature  as  the  "root,"  we  see  also  the  purity 
and  perfection  of  all. 

But  the  vine  with  its  branches  which  it  has  put  forth, 
is  not  yet  complete.  A  third  necessity  exists  ;  from  the 
branches  must  proceed  fruit:  if  the  branch  adheres  prop- 
erly to  the  vine  it  bears  much  fruit,  if  it  becomes  severed 
from  the  vine,  both  branch  and  fruit  wither  and  die. 
"Abide  in  me,"  says  the  "Vine,"  "and  ye  shall  bring  forth 
much  fruit,  for  apart  from  me  ye  can  do  nothing." 

The  individual  can  be  and  do  nothing  of  itself. 
Jesus  represents  the  most  perfect  branch  of  this  great 
Christ-Vine,  and  yet  he  said,  "Of  myself  \  can  do  nothing." 
He  knew  that  apart  from  the  great  Principle  of  Life 
and  Being,  he  individually  could  accomplish  nothing.  If 
He  said  it,  we  surely  must. 

The  "Vine"  is  type  of  the  Universal,  Omnipotent, 
Divine  Life,  Substance  and  Intelligence,  that  is  the  only 
Source  of  individual  life.  It  is  Man,  as  Spirit.  "/  am 
Spirit."  "I  am  the  Vine." 


44  STUDIES  IN  THE  SCIENCE  OF  DIVINE 

The  "branches"  are  type  of  individual  life,  substance 
and  intelligence,  expression  of  the  Universal.  "Man  is  the 
expression  of  God." — Science  and  Health.  This  is  the  liv- 
ing, active  soul;  Image  of  God. 

The  "fruit"  is  type  of  the  visible  universe;  the  earth; 
the  spoken  word;  the  true  "body."  The  "fruit"  is  the 
inner  Life  and  Substance,  made  visible;  it  is  the  third 
and  last  step  in  the  Divine  process.  It  has  come  from 
within  Spirit;  it  is  the  "likeness"  of  God. 

Hence  the  soul  which  is  Man's  individuality,  is  the 
Image  of  Goc,  and  the  body  is  the  likeness  of  God. 
There  is  but  one  life,  and  one  substance  for  vine,  branch 
and  fruit;  so  there  is  but  One  Life  and  One  Substance  for 
Spirit,  soul  and  body. 

As  the  Vine,  branch  and  fruit  make  one  perfect  and 
complete  vine,  so  do  spirit,  soul  and  body  make  one  per- 
fect and  complete  Spirit. 

Spirit  is  creator  of  the  living  soul,  and  soul  is  maker 
of  the  body,  not  of  its  own  power,  but  by  the  Power  back 
of  the  soul — even  Divine  Spirit. 

One  says,  "Our  natural  bodies  begin  to  form  as  soon 
our  souls  exist,  and  because  they  exist.  The  soul's  life 
is  the  power  that  forms  the  body." 

"For  of  the  soul,  the  body  form  doth  take, 
For  soul  is  form,  and  doth  the  body  make." 

"The  mind  of  man  is  God," — (Science  and  Health'], 
for  All  Mind  is  God,  there  is  but  One  Mind.  Man,  as  Di- 
vine Being,  is  eternally  in  and  of  that  Mind;  as  an  indi- 
vidual, man  expresses  that  Mind;  thinks  its  thoughts, 
and  then  speaks  these  Divine  thoughts  into  words,  so 
the  thought  and  word  unfold  from  within  Divine  Mind; 
are  contained  within  Divine  Mind  before  they  are 
thought  or  spoken. 

We  can  learn  from  this  the  method  or  law  by  which 


THE  HOLY  GHOST.  45 

Infinite    Mind    expresses    Itself,    viz:    Mind,    forms   its 
thoughts  and  speaks  its  words. 

Let  us  compare  these  various  statements: 


i.  f  Mind, 
2.  \  Forms  its  Thoughts. 
3.  (  Speaks  out  its  Word. 

or  Vine, 
Forms  its  branches. 
Puts  forth  its  fruit. 

or  Spirit, 
Forms  its  soul. 
Makes  its  body. 

ist.     Being.          2nd.     Acting.          3rd.     Result. 

Back  of  you  and  me  and  all  of  us,  is  the  Great  In- 
finite One.  As  Jesus  said,  "My  Father  is  the  husband- 
man." Everything  begins  in  this  One  known  when  man- 
ifest to  us,  as  Christ — still  One — for  it  is  simply  the  Spir- 
itual Truth  and  Life  of  the  Father,  expressed  in  all.  "All 
are  one  in  Christ." 

The  consciousness  of  Truth,  Life  and  Love,  or  Di- 
vine Understanding  is  the  Holy  Spirit  of  God,  the  Light 
of  the  World,  lighting  each  soul  to  see  its  Divine  Nature, 
and  to  know  that  all  that  is,  is  Spirit,  and  its  manifesta- 
tion in  soul  and  body;  is  Mind,  and  its  expression  in 
thought  and  word. 


46  STUDIES  IN  THE  SCIENCE  OF  DIVINE  HEALING. 


ONE.        GOD,        ALL. 


One  Mind  is  All  Power. 

One  Life  is  All  Presence. 

One  Substance  is  All  Reality. 

One  Spirit  is  All  Intelligence. 

One  Law  is  All  Love. 

One  Good  is  All  Truth. 

All  is  Spirit.     All  is  God. 

All  is  Mind.     All  is  Good. 

If  God  is  (9;#/«'presence,  there  is  nothing  anywhere 
but  God. 

There  is  no  presence  of  evil. 

If  God  is  Omnipotence,  there  is  no  opposition  to 
God. 

There  is  no  power  of  evil. 

If  God  is  Omniscience,  there  is  no  knowledge  but  of 
God. 

There  is  no  knowledge  of  evil. 

There  is  no  mind  of  evil. 

There  is  no  cause  of  evil. 

"God  is  all  and  in  all." 


THE    WOI?K    OF  THOUGHT. 


rnHERE  is  no  power  against,  or  contrary  to  God.  God 
|  is  the  Infinite  or  All  Mind,  of  the  universe.  The 
whole  Idea  of  creation  is  within  this  Infinite  Mind,  which 
also  contains  all  consciousness. 

Every  idea  in  the  world  comes  forth  from  the  One 
Perfect  Idea  of  God,  for  It  is  all.  All  Understanding  in 
the  world,  comes  forth  from  the  One  Perfect  Conscious- 
ness, for  It  is  all. 

So  God,  as  All  Mind,  Idea,  and  Consciousness,  per- 
vades all  living  souls,  and  acts  within  them.  This  action 
of  Infinite  Mind  is  called  Divine  Thought.  Paul  declares, 
"Not  that  we  are  sufficient  of  ourselves  to  think  anything 
as  of  ourselves;  but  our  sufficiency  is  of  God." — 2  Cor. 

3-   5- 

We  are  entirely  dependent  upon  our  Divinity  for  our 
ideas,  our  consciousness,  and  even  our  thoughts!  When 
we  receive  the  consciousness  of  this  Divine  Idea  within 
us,  Christ  is  born  to  us;  and 

"Though  Christ  a  thousand  times  in  Bethlehem  be  born, 
If  he's  not  born  in  thee,  thy  soul  is  all  folorn. 

Could  but  thy  soul,  oh  man,  become  a  silent  night, 
God  would  be  born  in  thee,  and  set  all  things  aright." 

I  cannot  claim  to  be  anything  in  and  of  myself,  or  apart 
from  the  Infinite.  What  I  am,  individually,  is  wholly 
according  to  what  the  Great  "I  am"  is. 

The  name"!  am"is  full  of  new  meaning  to  us  now.  It 


48  STUDIES  IN  THE  SCIENCE  OF  DIVINE  HEAUNG. 

is  not  originally  my  individual  name.     It  is  eternally   the 
the  name  of  Divine  Being. 

The  real  "I"  or  self  belongs  in  this  Divine  Being, 
whose  name  is  "I  am." 

There  is  but  One  I  am.  "I  am  that  I  am"  is  received 
by  Moses  as  the  Divine  Name.  It  is  becoming  to  us 
a  sacred  name.  We  have  used  the  name  "I  am,"  as  if  it 
belonged  to  us  wholly,  to  handle  as  we  chose;  but  now 
we  are  learning  to  say  "Hallowed  be  Thy  Name." 

We  say  "I  am"  in  this  understanding  of  it,  with  rev- 
erence; for  it  is  God's  Name,  it  is  God's  Nature,  it  is 
God's  Presence,  "descending  upon  us  like  a  dove." 

"I  am"  is  always  Life,  Spirit,  Love  and  Truth,  filling 
us  to  fulness,  so  that  there  is  no  lack,  in  that  which  I  am. 

"I  am"  is  Wholeness,  Perfection  and  Health,  the 
Mind  of  Good  that  is  All  in  all.  There  are  not  many  I 
ams,  but  One,  even  God.  So  I  understand  that  to  say  "I 
am  afraid,  I  am  sick,  I  am  weary,  I  am  weak,"  is  to 
speak  falsely;  the  I  am  is  none  of  these  things. 

"I  am,"  as  I  now  speak  it,  is  my  "new  name,"  because 
it  appeals  to  me  with  such  new  meaning.  "I  will  write 
upon  him  my  new  name." — Rev.  j:  12.  I  will  give  him 
a  new  consciousness  of  my  name. 

Only  my  Divine  Nature  can  say  I  am.  I  have  no  be- 
ing apart  from  God,  "In  Him  I  live,  move,  and  have  my 
being." 

-  To  know  what  I  am,  I  must  know  what  the  All  I  am 
is.  Hence,  when  I  say  "I  am,"  I  speak  not  of  myself  but 
of  God.  It  is  enough  to  know  what  the  Great  I  am  is; 
since  It  is  All,  It  includes  me.  To  speak  truthfully  then, 
I  silence  all  opinions  and  beliefs,  in  order  to  listen.  "  Be 
still,  and  know,  (for  then  shall  we  know),  that  I  am  God." 

Let  us  conceive  of  the  individual  as  being  perfectly 
still.  In  this  silence  of  the  soul,  he  hears  the  testimony 


THE  WORK  OF  THOUGHT.  49 

of  the  Spirit  within  him.  "I  am  Spirit,  .  .  .  the 
beauty  of  holiness,  the  perfection  of  Being,  imper- 
ishable glory,  all  are  mine,  for  I  am  God.  I  give 
immortality  to  man,  for  I  am  Truth.  I  include  and 
impart  all  bliss,  for  I  am  Love.  I  give  Life  with- 
out beginning  and  without  end,  for  I  am  Life.  I  am 
Supreme  and  give  all,  for  I  am  Mind.  I  am  the  Sub- 
stance of  all  because  I  am  that\  am." — Science  and  Health, 
page  149. 

When  the  individual  soul  thus  hears  from  within,  it 
has  "become  a  silent  night,"  and  Truth  is  forming  itselfm 
soul  and  body.  Our  thoughts  are  being  put  out,  that  the 
Divine  may  do  its  own  thinking  in  us,  and  speak  its  own 
words. 

"For  it  is  not  ye  that  speak,  but  the  Spirit  of  your 
Father  which  speaketh  in  you." 

Many  mistake  the  intention  of  these  high  declara- 
tions, supposing  the  individual  is  speaking  of  himself, 
but  instead  of  this  he  has  put  self  out  of  the  way,  and  is 
letting  the  spirit  of  God  speak  through  him. 

This  spirit  spoke  through  Jesus,  (as  he  said,  "The 
words  which  I  speak,  I  speak  not  of  myself")  What  did 
it  say? 

"I  am  the  light  of  the  world."  "I  am  with  you  al- 
ways." "I  am  the  Truth.  I  am  the  Lite."  "I  am  the 
resurrection  and  the  life."  "I  and  my  Father  are  one." 
"Abide  in  me."  "He  that  liveth  and  believeth  in  me  shall 
never  die."  "Come  unto  me."  "In  me  ye  shall  have 
peace,"  etc. 

This  "I  am"  and  "me"  is  the  Divine  Nature  of  which 
we  have  been  speaking,  it  says  the  same  words  within 
each,  for  Jesus  spoke  not  these  words  of  himself  individ- 
ually, but  of  the  Father,  or  Spirit  of  Truth. 

When  we  learn  to  speak  the  I  am    rightly,   we   have 


50  STUDIES  IN  THE  SCIENCE  OF  DIVINE  HEALING' 

found  a  refuge  from  every  ill!  Into  it  we  may  run  and  es- 
cape every  claim  or  belief  of  mortality. 

When  we  go  into  the  "I  am"  we  enter  God's  World. 
Spirit's  realm. 

It  is  in  our  own  little  world,  which  means  our  belief 
of  separation  from  God,  that  sin  and  evil  exist. 

There  is  no  sin  in  God's  World;  no  evil  in  God's  uni- 
verse, no  darkness  in  God's  presence,  and  God's  world  is 
the  only  world.  God's  universe  fills  all,  God's  presence 
is  all  in  all!  Hence  a  world  of  sin,  evil  and  darkness, 
is  a  false  belief.  There  is  no  world  of  our  own,  apart 
from  God. 

My  belief  in  a  world  of  sin,  is  my  mistake,  resulting 
from  my  idea  of  separation. 

Jesus  came  into  our  world,  came  to  us  in  our  belief  oi 
separation  from  God,  to  show  us  the  truth  of  our  one- 
ness with  God. 

"1  have  overcome  the  world";  not  God's  world,  but 
the  false  idea  of  the  world,  the  world  and  the  self  apart 
from  God  that  we  have  believed  in.  The  truth  shall 
make  you  free. 

The  world  of  separation  has  no  true  existence,  for 
God  is  all  in  all.  It  is  therefore  a  belief  which  Truth 
destroys;  in  this  belief  of  separation  is  all  the  claim  of  sin 
and  suffering. 

To  destroy  or  overcome  this  world  of  suffering,  man 
must  come  into  consciousness  of  oneness  with  God;  this 
ends  our  belief  of  separation,  and  is  the  end  of  our  world 
of  sin  and  death. 

Then  we  see  the  "new  earth,"  or  God's  World  filled 
with  Divine  Nature. 

Oneness  with  God  is  the  at-one-ment. 

In  this  concious  oneness,  self  is  surrendered.  God 
is  all;  then  we  say,  I  am  what  God  is,  for  I  cannot  be. 


THE  WORK  OF  THOUGHT.  51 

something  beside  God.  Therefore  I  let  God,  or  "The 
Spirit  of  My  Father,"  say  within,  "I  am  Life  Eter- 
nal and  Changeless.  I  am  Spirit  and  Power.  I  am 
Light  and  Truth.  I  am  Fulness  and  Freedom.  I  am 
Health,  Goodness,  Perfection,  and  all  Love." 

This  is  what  I  am,  for  there  is  no  other  "I  am."  I 
think  this  that  I  am,  and  my  soul  is  radiant  with  Light. 
Then  I  speak  what  I  think,  and  my  body  is  full  of  Light, 
full  of  Strength,  full  of  Good,  full  of  Health,  because  I 
see  what  I  am. 

There  is  no  "I  am,"  no  Being  anywhere,  that  is  not 
in  Peace  and  Health. 

In  thus  thinking,  "We  have  the  mind  of  Christ." — / 
Cor.  2:  16.  And  are  willing  to  "Let  the  word  of  Christ 
dwell  in  us  richly  in  all  wisdom." — Col.j:  16,  ij. 

"And  whatever  ye  do  in  word  or  deed  do  all  in  the 
name  of  the  Lord  Jesus,  giving  thanks  to  God  and  the 
Father  by  him." 

The  "name  of  the  Lord  Jesus"  is  this  very  "I  am" 
that  we  are  to  believe  in  and  to  abide  in,  for  it  is  the 
Great  Christ  presence  which  includes  all,  "I  in  them  and 
they  in  me."  "That  they  may  be  one  in  us." 

As  soon  as  I  see  the  One  that  I  am,  I  can  also  see 
what  I  am  not! 

I  begin  to  think  of  the  true  I  am;  I  know  that  I  live 
in  Mind  and  not  in  body. 

I  am  spirit,  and  am  manifest  in  soul  and  body. 

I  am  Mind,  and  am  expressed  in  thought  and  word. 

We  have  studied  Mind,  and  have  found  the  meaning 
of  Its  threefold  aspect.  We  have  seen  the  Son  to  be  in 
the  Father.  This  is  the  place  Divine  Man  holds,  he  is 
co-eternal  with  God,  therefore  is  Eternal  Life,  Change- 
less Truth,  and  Perfect  Substance.  The  many  living  souls 
are  but  branches  out  of  the  One  Man  and  therein  have 


52  STUDIES  IN  THE  SCIENCE  OF  DIVINE  HEADING. 

they  all  Life,  Being,  Intelligence,  and  Substance.  The 
fruit  of  these  branches  is  the  body,  perfect  and  complete 
in  all  good  when  the  branch  abides  in  the  vine. 

Thought  is  the  busy  worker;  gathering  material  from 
within,  from  Source  and  Cause  Invisible,  from  the  I  am 
that  is  always  Wholeness  and  Perfection,  it  conveys  what 
it  has  gathered  into  the  visible,  or  fruit. 

Thought  is  building  the  visible  universe,  and  it  it 
turns  only  to  spirit  for  its  knowledge,  the  outer  will  be 
in  the  very  likeness  of  Spirit. 

If  we  see  in  our  visible  "world"  things  contrary  to 
or  God,  then  thought  has  turned  away  from  Spirit 
to  gather  its  material  for  building,  and  brings  forth  other 
than  Spirit's  fruit,  "For  the  fruit  of  the  spirit  is  in  all 
goodness  and  righteousness  and  truth." — Eph.  5:9. 

Misery,  error,  and  evil,  are  not  fruits  of  Spirit.  Has 
thought  power  to  bring  forth  these? 

It  is  written,  Jer.  6:19,  "Behold  I  will  bring  evil  upon 
this  people,  even  \hzfruit  of  their  thoughts,"  and  again 
"As  a  man  thinketh  in  his  heart  so  is  he." 

The  soul  of  man  is  the  power  God  has  given  him  to 
think  divinely,  and  thus  image  all  Good.  If  thought  has 
been  wedded  to  something  beside  Spirit,  it  has  failed  to 
image  God  in  the  earth.  Among  the  wonders  shown  to 
Christian  in  the  Interpreter's  home,  was  a  man  raking 
in  the  dust,  and  so  intently  was  his  attention  fixed  upon 
this,  that  he  did  not  see  held  just  above  him  a  crown, 
waiting  for  the  upward  look  of  his  eye,  and  the  lifting  of 
his  head. 

"Thou  hast  crowned  him  (man)  with  honor  and 
glory.  Thou  hast  put  all  things  under  his  feet,"  but, 
thought  has  been  so  busy  looking  into  the  "dust"  of  its 
own  stirring  up,  so  intent  upon  seeing  man  as  a  "worm  of 
the  dust, "[that  it  has  not  seen  the  crowning  of  man  by 


THK  WORK   OF  THOUGHT.  53 

Divinity,  nor  lifted  its  head  to  receive  the  God  given 
glory! 

Now  by  Divine  Consciousness,  are  we  able  to  see 
man  by  a  Diviner  light.  We  are  beginning  to  believe  in 
the  Divine  Idea  of  Man  and  to  accept  it  as  all  of  man. 

When  thought  sees  truly  what  is  in  Being  or  Source, 
all  things  will  appear  right  and  good,  for  "Thoughts  ex- 
pand into  expression." — S.  and  H. 

Body  is  the  thought  made  visible. 

We  must  therefore  carefully  guard  our  thinking. 
Let  Truth  and  Divine  Consciousness,  which  speaks  only 
of  good,  control  it.  "*" 

"Stand,  porter,  at  the  door  of  thought."— S.  and  H. 
Guard  the  very  entrance  of  thought,  decide  whether 
God's  Idea  alone  shall  enter  your  thought.  You  can  de- 
cide, for  you  are  the  thinker. 

"If  we  are  wise,"  says  one,  "We  will  not  permit  any- 
thing to  enter  our  thoughts,  that  we  are  not  willing  to 
have  expressed  in  our  bodies."  "Think  the  thoughts  of 
Infinite  Mind.  Watch  your  thinking,  control  it  with 
Truth.  There  is  a  channel,  so  to  speak,  through  which 
the  Light  (of  Divinity,  the  Life,  the  Perfection,  Whole- 
ness, etc.)  is  conveyed  to  its  destination,  and  this  chan- 
nel is  man's  capacity  to  think." 

Perfect  Life,  Divine  Peace,  all  Goodness  and  Health, 
Intelligence  and  Freedom,  are  all  ours,  for  "We  are 
Christ's  and  Christ  is  God's" — /  Cor.  3:23.  Thought  is  the 
"channel"  by  which  these  Divine  qualities  are  conveyed 
to  their  destination.  Their  destination  is  the  body.  Thought 
should  continually  pour  into  word  and  body,  all  per- 
fect qualities  contained  in  Divine  Source.  Thought  and 
conditions  of  body  are  as  Cause  to  effect;  change  the 
thought,  and  conditions  of  the  body  will  change. 


54  STUDIES  IN  THE  SCIENCE  OF  DIVINE  HEADING. 

I  must  be  the  Mind  of  Good,  before  I  can  think  good, 
or  act  good. 

Good  thinking  comes  from  Good  Being,  and  good 
doing  results  from  good  thinking. 

I  cannot  make  myself  good  by  acfing  goodl  I  must 
begin  where  all  things  begin,  in  Being.  See  the  truth  of 
my  Being.  I  am  Good,  is  first;  I  think  good,  follows;  I 
act  and  speak  good,  is  the  result. 

I  am  perfect  in  Mind,  for  Mind  is  God. 

I  am  perfect  in  Thought. 

I  am  perfect  in  body. 


THB  WORK  OK  THOUGHT.  55 


SILENCE    SELF,    AND    LISTEN. 


"Be  still,  and  know  that  I  am  God." 

I  am 
Mind,    Idea,    Consciousness. 

"In  him  dwelleth  the  fulness  of  the  God  head  bodily; 
and  of  his  fulness,  have  all  we  received,  and  grace  for 
grace." — Col.  2:9;  Jno.  1:16. 

I  am  the  fulness  of  the  God  head  bodily. 

In  Source  I  am  Life,  Strength,  Intelligence,  Love, 
Wholeness,  Freedom,  Fulness,  Goodness,  and  Truth. 

In  Source  I  have  power  to  express  Life,  Strength, 
Wholeness,  Goodness,  Etc. 

In  Source  I  am  conscious  of  having  power  to  express 
my  Wholeness,  Strength,  Life,  Etc. 

I  know  the  Truth  of  Being  Whole. 

"In  him  ye  are  complete." 

I  think  of  my  freedom  and  peace. 

I  declare  now  my  strength  and  completeness. 

By  the  Law  Divine,  as  I  recognize  and  declare  my 
Peace,  Plenty,  and  Satisfaction,  the  Truth  of  Peace,  Plenty 
and  Satisfaction  resounds  through  all  my  existence. 

The  One  Only  Voice  that  speaks  "I  am  Peace,"  is 
God.  My  soul  and  body  echo  that  voice  and  say  "I  am 
Peace." 


56  STUDIES  IN  THE  SCIENCE  OF  DIVINE  HEADING. 

THE    TRUE    I    AM. 


Lite. 

Love. 

Peace. 

Strength. 

Health. 

Goodness. 

Perfection,  etc. 
I  think  what  I  am. 
I  speak  what  I  think  I  am. 

Result  of  thought :     The  body  full  of  Life,  strength, 
health,  etc. 


THE    FALSE    I    AM. 


Life  and  death. 

Love  and  fear. 

Peace  and  discord. 

Strength  and  Weakness. 

Health  and  sickness. 

Goodness  and  evil. 

Perfection  and  imperfection. 
I  think  what  I  am. 
I  speak  what  I  think  I  am. 
Body  the  result  of  what  /  think  I  am. 


Which  "I  am"  have  we  been  thinking,  the  true  or 
the  false?  The  body  answers  our  question;  well  and 
sick;  strong  and  weak;  living  and  dying. 


OUR  JUDGMENT  DA.Y. 


PVERYTHING  begins  in  mind,  is  expressed  in  thought, 
^and  manifest,  or  spoken  forth  in  word. 

Mind  is  the  Actor,  or  Thinker.  Thought  is  the  ac- 
tion, and  word  is  the  fruit  or  result.  Every  action  must 
have  an  actor  before  it,  and  a  result  following  it. 

Every  thought  must  have  a  thinker  preceding  it,  and 
a  spoken  word  following  it. 

Mind  is  the  spirit  of  Man;  his  Divine  Being  and  Life, 
his  Intelligence  and  Substance. 

Thought  is  the  soul  of  Man.  Image  of  Eternal  Mind, 
Life,  Being,  Intelligence,  and  Substance. 

Word  is  the  body  of  Man,  that  which  results  from 
thought,  which  shows  forth  thought,  likeness  of  Eternal 
Mind,  Life,  and  Substance. 

Thought  is  the  invisible  form  of  Mind,  Life,  etc. 

Body  is  the  visible  form  of  Mind,  Life,  etc.  "By  one 
spirit  are  we  all  baptized  into  one  body." 

When  all  have  One  Mind,  One  Intelligence,  and  that 
the  Mind  of  Christ  or  Truth,  we  shall  see  but  one  kind  of 
body,  perfect  and  pure. 

When  we  see  no  Cause  but  Infinite  Mind,  we  shall 
see  no  result  but  a  perfect  body. 

Mind  works  through  thought  into  word.  Spirit 
works  through  soul  into  body. 

Mind  is  the  Only  Power,  and  Cause  of  everything. 
All  things  begin  to  form  in  Mind. 

Thought  is  the  action  that  forms  things.      The  work 


58  STUDIES  IN  THE  SCIENCE  OF  DIVINE  HEALING. 

of  the  soul  is  to  form  the  Image  of  the  Divine  within  it- 
self, and  to  bring  Its  likeness  into  the  visible. 

Body  is  the  thing  formed  by  this  action.  The  body 
of  this  perfect  method  is  the  likeness  of  God — the  fruit  of 
Spirit. 

Stillness  is  the  Universal  Man,  the  "I  am";  enter 
therefore  into  the  silence,  if  thou,  my  soul,  wouldst  learn 
what  I  am. 

Action  is  the  individual  man,  expression  of  God, 
manifestation  of  Divinity. 

Mind  is  the  Universal  Man,    Fulness   and    Freedom. 

Thinking  is  the  individual  man;  the  Divine  Acting, 
declaring  itself. 

Spirit  is  the  Universal    Man,    Changeless   Self-hood. 

Living  soul  is  individual  man,  "Thought  of  God,"  as 
Phillips  Brooks  has  said;  Image  of  God,  action  of  God. 

Thought  stands  between  the  Invisible  and  visible. 
By  the  action  of  thought  is  the  Invisible  made  visible; 
this  is  the  law  of  expression. 

Divine  Thoughts  are  the  angels  of  God;  Love  Mes- 
sages straight  from  the  heart  of  the  Infinite  Soul,  to  the 
living  soul — the  spiritual  "ear"  of  man.  "Angels  are  pure 
thoughts  winged  with  Truth  and  Love.  Angels  are  not 
messengers,  but  messages  of  the  true  idea  of  Divinity 
flowing  into  humanity.  These  upward  soaring  thoughts, 
never  lead  mortals  to  self,  or  sin,  but  guide  them  to  the 
principle  of  all-good." — Science  and  Health. 

"When  the  angels  look  into  the  soul  of  man,  they  see 
only  the  good  and  true." 

"And  it  seems  to  me  that  the  more  we  grow, 

Like  the  angels  in  love  and  duty, 
The  less  we  shall  see  of  evil  in  all, 

And  the  more  of  good  and  beauty. 
And  so  the  good  shall  increase,  increase, 

And  evil  shall  vanish  away, 


OUR  JUDGMENT   DAY.  59 

Until  the  Truth  in  each  heart  shall  glow, 
Like  the  light  of  a  perfect  day.'' 

When  "The  Lord  is  in  the  midst  of  thee,"  (in  the 
midst  of  thy  thoughts),  "Thine  eye  shall  not  see  evil  any 
more." — Zeph.  j :  15. 

In  our  ignorance  of  God,  and  belief  of  separation,  we 
have  conceived  of  two  selves,  a  spiritual  nature,  and  a 
carnal  nature.  The  latter  is  the  sinner,  the  former  the 
saint.  One  the  child  of  the  evil  one;  the  other  child  of 
God. 

Both  of  these  natures,  our  belief  declares,  inhabit  our 
tenament  of  clay,  though  they  are  opposed  one  to  the 
other.  Conceive  of  deadly  enemies  living  together  in 
one  house!  Would  we  expect  very  much  peace  or  har- 
mony in  that  house?  Yet  under  just  such  circumstances, 
as  we  have  supposed,  we  have  been  trying  to  find  health 
and  peace  of  mind! 

One  speaks  to  us  of  peace;  the  other  holds  us  in 
bondage.  "Nevertheless  what  saith  the  scriptures?  Cast 
out  the  bond  woman  and  her  son;  for  the  son  of  bond 
woman  shall  not  inherit  with  the  son  of  the  free  woman." 
— Gal.  4:30. 

We  are  to  cast  out  of  our  mental  household  the 
thought,  or  belief  of  bondage  to  "the  world,  the  flesh, 
and  the  devil,"  and  the  fruit  of  such  thought  will  also 
go,  for  "We  are  not  children  of  the  bond  woman  but  the 
free.  Stand  fast  therefore  in  the  liberty  wherewith  Christ 
(the  Truth)  hath  made  us  free,  and  be  not  entangled 
again  with  the  yoke  of  bondage." — Gal.  5/7. 

We  "put  off\he  old  man,"  the  self  apart  from  God, 
the  "sinner"  that  must  die,  when  we  see  Christ, — Divinity, 
"I  am,"  as  all.  It  is  simply  growing  out  of  self  into 
Christ,  after  we  receive  the  revelation  that  came  to  Paul, 


60  STUDIES  IN  THE  SCIENCE  OP  DIVINE  HEADING. 

of  which  he  said,  "It  pleased  God  to  reveal  His  Son  in 
me" — Gal.  11:5. 

When  self  is  dead,  Christ  is  all.  The  growth  out  of 
self  is  strongly  pictured  in  these  words: 

First,  "All  of  self  and  none  of  Thee. 

Second,  Some  of  self  and  some  of  Thee. 

Third,  Less  of  self  and  more  of  Thee. 

Fourth,  None  of  self  and  all  of  Thee." 

"There  is  therefore  now  no  condemnation  to  them 
that  are  in  Christ  Jesus.  For  the  law  of  the  spirit  of  life, 
in  Christ  Jesus,  (perfect  idea  of  man),  hath  made  me  free 
from  the  law  of  sin  and  death." — Rom.  8:1-2. 

"If  ye  be  led  of  the  Spirit,  ye  are  not  under  the  law." 
— Gal.  5:18. 

"Reckon  ye  yourselves  therefore,  to  be  dead  unto  sin, 
but  alive  unto  God." — Rom.  6:11. 

We  have  not  seen  the  impossibility  of  accepting 
Christ,  and  still  holding  on  to  the  sinner!  But  we  must 
receive  Christ  as  all.  See  no  more  condemnation,  no  law 
of  sin,  no  bondage  to  the  ills  of  the  flesh,  no  self  but 
Divine  Nature,  the  all  that  I  am.  This  means  perfect 
freedom  to  us,  and  wholeness  in  spirit,  soul  and  body. 

"In  the  spiritual  philosophy  of  Jesus,  religion  and 
health  are  viewed  as  one.  Health  of  body  was  external 
holiness,  and  holiness  was  internal  health." 

"How  shall  we  take  hold  of  this  new  realization?  By 
using  the  new  thoughts  and  speaking  the  new  words 
faithfully. 

See  what  I  am,  think  and  declare  it.  See  what  I  am 
not,  cast  it  away  by  denying  it."  "Know  ye  not,  that  to 
whom  ye  yield  yourselves  servants  to  obey,  his  servants  are 
ye,  whether  of  sin  unto  death,  or  of  obedience  unto  right- 
eousness."— Rom.  6:16. 

"Be  ye  transformed  by  the  renewing  of   your  minds." 


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"Finally,  whatsoever  things  are  pure,  are  true,  are  lovely, 
are  of  good  report — think  on  these  things." — Phil.  4:8. 

The  more  steadfastly  we  think  upon  good,  the  less 
of  evil  shall  we  see;  the  more  earnestly  we  think  upon 
Peace,  the  less  of  discord  shall  we  see,  the  more  we  think 
upon  righteousness,  the  less  of  sin  shall  we  see;  the  more 
we  think  upon  Health,  the  less  of  sickness  shall  we  see. 

Not  that  thought  has  this  power  in  and  of  itself,  but 
good  thought,  health  thought,  life  thought,  expresses  God, 
and  fulfills  the  law  of  all  Being,  of  all  Mind,  therefore  the 
law  is  completed  in  good  results  of  health,  peace,  and 
Tightness.  It  is  the  law  of  God. 

If  we  will  listen  to  the  general  conversation  around 
us,  what  shall  we  hear?  Constant  acknowledgement  of 
God,  the  Good?  Do  we  talk  of  good  health,  and  per- 
fect love,  or  is  our  talk  of  ill-health,  and  much  fear? 
Our  speech  shows  what  our  thoughts  are.  If  thoughts 
mold  our  conditions,  is  it  any  wonder  that  in  every  di- 
rection there  are  signs  of  sin,  sickness  and  death?  The 
outer  is  but  an  expression  of  the  inner. 

The  light  of  Truth  shining  more  clearly  within  us, 
shows  us  our  mistakes,  uncovers  error  and  destroys  it  for 
us. 

In  this  light  we  now  discover  many  opinions  and  be- 
liefs, not  based  upon  changeless  Love.  We  believe  so 
many  things  that  could  not  come  from  changeless  Love, 
which  are  to  be  separated  from  our  thought  and  cast  out. 
We  cannot  talk  as  we  once  did,  for  we  do  not  think  the 
same.  "From  the  abundance  of  the  heart  the  mouth 
speaketh." 

We  are  trying  to  "Let  love  become  a  habit  of  the 
soul,"  as  Drummond  says:  to  let  good  become  a  habit  of 
thought.  In  order  to  do  this,  we  are  led  to  deny  a  place 
to  evil  in  our  thoughts,  somewhat  as  Paul  says,  Eph.  4:271 


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"Neither  give  place  to  the  devil."  When  we  see  God 
everywhere,  we  cannot  consent  to  allow  evil  a  place. 
There  is  no  place  for  it.  When  we  see  Truth  clearly,  we 
cannot  give  error  a  place.  When  we  recognize  Love  as 
Infinite,  we  can  find  no  place  for  fear.  If  Life  is  all, 
death  has  no  place.  Seing  Perfection  fill  all,  we  can 
grant  no  place  to  imperfection. 

Truth  revealed,  shows  us  the  One  All,  without  any 
opposite,  and  says  to  claims  of  evil:  "Depart  from  me, 
I  never  knew  you";  which  is  to  say,  you  are  not  of  Truth. 

Jesus  said  of  the  devil,  the  personification  of  all 
error,  "He  was  a  murderer  from  the  beginning,  and 
abode  not  in  the  truth,  for  there  is  no  truth  in  him."  "For 
he  is  a  liar,  and  the  Father  of  it."  The  origin  of  all  evil 
is  a  lie.  It  says,  There  are  two  minds,  two  wills,  two 
powers,  etc.,  and  all  sorrow  and  trouble  come  from  this 
falsehood. 

Now  we  are  beginning  to  separate  and  to  cast  away 
from  the  self  all  that  the  I  am  is  not,  and  to  maintain 
firmly  that  which  I  am. 

This  process  into  which  I  find  myself  drawn,  began 
in  the  first  dawn  of  spiritual  consciousnees.  When  man 
awakened  from  the  "dust,"  or  from  the  wholly  material 
conception  of  himself,  and  "Became  a  living  soul," 
(Gen.  2:7),  he  became  alive  to,  or  conscious  of  the 
fact  of  his  spiritual  being.  He  heard  Truth  saying 
then,  even  though  he  heard  in  feeble  consciousness, 
"Thou  shalt  not  partake  of  the  knowledge  of  good  and 
evil." — Gen.  2:ij.  This  is  the  interpretation  we  may  find 
beneath  the  letter  of  those  words. 

Later  on,  man  receives  the  same  instruction  under 
another  figure.  "Thou  shalt  not  sow  thy  field  with 
mingled  seed." — Lev.  19:19.  "For  what  a  man  soweth 
that  shall  he  also  reap."  Another  way  of  saying,  Thou 


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shalt  not  believe  in  good  and  evil,  for  if  thou  dost,  thou 
shalt  reap  good  and  evil. 

Jesus  represented  this  condition  of  thought  by  a  par- 
able (Matt.  13:24-30}.  He  illustrated  the  good  seed  by 
"wheat,"  and  the  evil  seed  by  "tares."  He  saw  thought 
as  a  field  sown  with  mingled  seed.  The  kingdom  of 
heaven,  which  is  "within  you,"  was  planted  with  good 
seed  only;  but  men  fell  asleep,  and  in  their  sleep  saw  "an 
enemy"  planting  tares  !  Asleep  to  Truth,  we  see  an  op- 
posite to  Truth.  This  is  the  "origin"  of  evil. 

So  good  and  evil  are  held  side  by  side,  (26)  until 
thought  awakens  to  the  fact  of  good  as  all;  then  it  ques- 
tions, "Whence  the  tares"?  It  did  not  know  before,  that 
the  tares  had  no  right  to  be  there.  Something  is  arous- 
ing thought,  and  it  at  once  desires  to  separate  the  wheat 
from  the  tares. 

This  shall  be  done,  Truth  replies,  "In  the  time  of 
harvest."  Then  "I  will  say  to  the  reapers:  Gather  ye 
together  first  the  tares  and  bind  them  in  bundles  to  burn 
them,  but  gather  the  wheat  into  my  barn." 

Our  first  question  has  been,  since  Light  revealed  the 
true  nature  of  all  things  as  good,  "Whence  then  is  evil"? 
Truth  answers:  You  have  been  asleep!  The  harvest  is  the 
awakening  time  of  thought.  It  is  called  in  other  places, 
the  Judgment  day. 

To  judge  is  to  discern,  or  distinguish  between;  and 
our  "Day  of  Judgment"  is  when  by  Divine  Light  within, 
our  thoughts  are  able  to  distinguish,  and  thus  separate, 
between  the  true  and  the  false  claim. 

The  "Reapers"  are  Divine  Thoughts,  directed  by 
Truth,  in  this  sifting  and  separating.  We  understand 
the  process  when  we  have  entered  into  it. 

What  is  Truth's  directions?     "Gather  first  the  tares 


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and  bind  them  to  burn  them."     Error  must  be  disposed 
ol  first.     This  law  we  will  consider  in  our  next  study. 

"Gather  the  wheat  into  my  barn."  All  good  is  eter- 
nal. All  error  shall  be  consumed.  "For  behold  the  day 
cometh  that  shall  burn  as  an  oven." — Mai,  4:1.  The 
"Day"  is  the  Divine  Light;  it  shall  "burn  as  an  oven," 
for  "Our  God  is  a  consuming  fire,"  consuming  all  unlike 
good.  The  Light  is  also  the  fire,  for  the  Light  of  Truth 
destroys  all  error  belief. 

Jesus  again  illustrates  this  judgment,  in  Matt.  25:31. 
Truth  is  the  Judge;  sitting  upon  his  "throne,"  represents 
the  Truth  enthroned  within  our  consciousness.  Then  is 
judgment  passed  upon  all  conditions,  and  separation  is 
made  by  Divine  Thoughts,  for  the  "holy  angels"  are  in 
this  picture.  The  "sheep"  are  placed  upon  the  right, 
the  "goats"  upon  the  left.  The  sheep  go  into  life  eter- 
nal, the  goats  into  the  everlasting  fire. 

These  all  teach  us  of  the  purifying  each  soul  re- 
ceives, when  it  falls  into  the  hands  of  Truth.  Every  be- 
lief of  sin,  error,  evil,  or  any  opposite  to  God,  shall  be 
dissolved  in  the  consciousness  that  the  One  is  All. 

"I  will  turn  my  hand  upon  thee,  and  purely  purge 
away  thy  dross."—  ha.  1:28. 


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PRACTICAL    SUGGESTIONS. 


When  we  look  into  faces  around  us,  we  find  traces  of 
anxiety  and  care  in  all.  Anxious  thought  has  written  its 
marks  over  most  faces. 

What  are  we  anxious  about?  Some  fear  haunts  us. 
We  seem  afraid  of  so  many  things.  Afraid  of  falling  into 
something  that  will  hurt  us,  or  somebody  else,  Suppose 
now,  that  we  just  let  ourselves  fall!  Rest  awhile  by  say- 
ing, "I  have  no  concern  about  what  happens.  I  am  not 
anxious.  I  have  no  responsibility."  It  will  be  well  for 
us  to  try  falling  for  a  time.  We  have  been  on  such  a 
strain,  trying  to  hold  ourselves  up,  to  keep  from  falling; 
let  us  now  yield,  give  up  the  strain,  fall  !  What  then? 
Where  is  there  to  fall  but  into  God? 

"Underneath  are  the  everlasting  arms."  We  have 
never  rested  upon  them,  because  we  have  been  trying  to 
keep  ourselves  up.  When  we  "let  go,"  we  shall  feel  all 
about  us,  these  strong  arms." 

All  threats  of  what  may  happen  to  us,  will  be  proven 
powerless  when  we  give  up  resistance.  Let  come  what 
will,  for  only  God  can  come! 

We  may  begin  to  destroy  claims  of  fear  and  anxiety 
by  saying  often:  "I. am  not  afraid,  for  there  is  nothing 
to  be  afraid  of.  "God  hath  not  given  me  a  spirit  of  fear. 
Perfect  Love  casts  out  all  fear." 

I  am  love,  for  God  is  Love.  I  am  peace,  for  God  is 
Peace.  I  am  understanding,  for  God  is  Understanding. 
I  am  not  afraid. 


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In  the  judgment  of  Truth,  we  are  led  to  surrender 
past  conceptions,  that  we  may  follow  the  light  of  a  new 
consciousness.  "And  another  of  his  disciples  said,  'Lord, 
suffer  me  first  to  go  and  bury  my  father.'  But  Jesus  said 
'Follow  me;  let  the  dead  bury  their  dead.'  So,  likewise, 
whosoever  he  be  of  you  that  forsaketh  not  all  that  he 
hath,  he  cannot  be  my  disciple. 

"If  any  man  come  to  me,  and  hate  not  his  father  and 
mother,  and  wife,  and  children,  and  brethren,  and  sisters, 
yea,  and  his  own  life  also,  he  cannot  be  my  disciple. 

"The  kingdom  of  heaven  is  like  unto  treasure  hid  in  a 
field,  the  which  when  a  man  hath  found,  he  selleth  all 
that  he  hath,  and  buyeth  the  field.1' — Jesus'  words. 

Martha  was  cumbered  about  much  serving;  and 
Jesus  said  to  her,  "Thou  art  careful  and  troubled  about 
many  things.  But  one  thing  is  needful;  and  Mary  hath 
chosen  that  good  part  which  shall  not  be  taken  away 
from  her." 

We  cannot  receive  the  Divine  Idea  of  All-good,  un- 
til we  have  given  up  many  opinions  and  beliefs. 


FASTING. 


((  f  iQE  shall  all  stand  before  the  judgment  seat  of 
Wchrist." — Rom.  14;  10.  That  which  cannot  "stand" 
or  remain,  before  Truth's  judgment,  is  not  of  Truth. 

11  We  shall  all  stand"  before  this  judgment,  is  a  blessed 
assurance,  that  there  is  Truth  enough  in  all,  to  abide  the 
trial  by  Truth!  And  Paul  adds  right  here,  (Rom.  14:11) 
as  if  this  is  what  was  in  his  thought,  "For  it  is  written, 
As  I  live,  saith  the  Lord,  every  knee  shall  bow  to  me,  and 
every  tongue  shall  confess  to  God." 

"Judgment  day"  comes,  when  the  Light  of  Divinity 
is  so  bright  in  the  soul,  that  it  detects  all  that  is  of  Truth 
and  all  that  is  not  of  Truth — all  that  is  of  the  Divine,  and 
all  that  is  not. 

In  this  time,  or  consciousness,  sinners  "tremble"  be- 
cause all  sense  of  error  is  about  to  be  destroyed;  only 
that  which  is  of  Divine  image  and  likeness,  shall  "re- 
main," or  "stand,"  in  this  increase  of  Light. 

So  it  is  written,  Psl.  1:5.  "The  ungodly,  shall  not 
stand  in  the  judgment,"  but  "We  shall  all  stand!"  All 
that  is  ungodly  anywhere,  shall  be  wiped  out!  Truth 
shall  search  out  all  wickedness  until  none  is  found. — Psl. 
10:15.  "The  wicked  shall  be  turned  into  hell," — Psl.t):!^, 
that  is,  into  the  purifying  fire  which  is  Divine  Love. 

"For  yet  a  little  while  and  the  wicked  shall  not  be. 
Yea,  thou  shalt  diligently  consider  his  place,  and  it  shall 


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notbe"—Psl.37:io.  Because  in  the  very  place  that  we 
saw  wickedness,  Light  and  Truth  have  shown  God  to  be! 
Omnipresent  Good.  In  this  light  the  wicked  shall  not 
stand  or  remain  in  any  place  at  all.  Omnipresence  is  the 
"Consuming  fire." 

"As  wax  melteth  before  the  fire,  so  let  the  wicked 
perish,  at  the  presence  of  God." — Psl.  68 :2. 

"When  the  Lord  shall  have  washed  away  the  dross  of 
the  daughters  of  Zion,  and  shall  have  purged  the  blood 
of  Jerusalem  from  the  midst  thereof,  by  the  spirit  of 
judgment,  and  by  the  spirit  of  burning." — ha.  4:4. 

"The  sinners  in  Zion  are  afraid.  Who  among  us  shall 
dwell  ("stand")  with  the  devouring  fire?  Who  among  us 
s\\a\\dwell  with  the  everlasting  burnings?  He  that  walk- 
eth  uprightly,  and  speaketh  righteously,  he  that  stoppeth 
his  ears  from  hearing  of  blood,  and  shutteth  his  eyes  from 
seeing  evil." — Isa  jj  :I4~I5- 

When  the  time  of  judgment  or  separation  comes,  the 
sinners  are  represented  as  being  "afraid,"  or  "trembling," 
or  being  in  great  rage,  because  their  end  is  near.  As  in 
Rev.  12:12.  "The  devil  is  come  down  unto  you,  having 
great  wrath,  because  he  knoweth  that  he  hath  but  a  short 
time"  Later  on  in  the  book,  we  see  the  devil  cast  into 
the  "Lake  of  fire."  The  Greatness  of  Divine  Love,  at 
last  consumes  the  most  boasted  power  of  evil. 

The  purifying  fire,  then,  is  a  process  in  each  soul  by 
which  all  false  conceptions,  are  destroyed.  Paul  tells  all 
about  it  in  /  Cor.  j :ii-i6,  (please  read  it  right  here). 
Upon  one  foundation,  which  is  Truth,  men  are  building 
two  ideas  of  life;  one  is  of  Divine  Nature,  therefore  is 
the  eternal  Substance,  designated  as  "Gold,  silver,  and 
precious  stones."  The  other  is  not  of  the  Divine  Nature, 
Changeless1  Truth,  and  it  is  designated  as  "Hay,  wood, 


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and   stubble,"   because   of   its   perishable   nature. — (12). 

The  testing  time  comes. — (/j).  "The  day  shall  de- 
clare it."  Divine  Light  shall  show  the  true  or  false  na- 
ture of  all  things,  of  all  opinions  and  all  works.  "The  fire 
shall  try  every  man's  work  of  what  sort  it  is." 

If  man's  idea  of  life  is  based  upon  the  true  and  eter- 
nal, his  thought  and  word,  his  soul  and  body,  is  repre- 
sentative of  Truth,  is  the  image  and  likeness  of  God. 
This  building  "abides,"  "dwells,"  "stands"  in  the  midst 
of  Light  and  fire.— (14}. 

If  man's  ideas  of  life  are  contrary  to  that  which  is 
good,  his  thought  and  word,  soul  and  body,  is  repre- 
sentative of  error.  This  building  "shall  be  burned"  in  the 
consuming  fire.  All  the  false  ideas  of  life  shall  be  de- 
stroyed; all  that  this  soul  has  "built"  shall  be  swept  away, 
in  order  that  his  thought  may  be  purified,  for  it  is  de- 
clared, (75), 

"But  he  kimsetfsha.il  be  saved,  yet  as  by  fire." 

This  judgment  day,  by  the  "light"  of  which  we  are 
able  to  discern  what  is  of  Truth's  nature  and  what  is  not, 
and  therefore  to  separate  the  true  from  the  false  claim, 
does  not  break  suddenly  upon  us,  but  comes  at  the  end 
of  a  process  within  our  consciousness. 

It  is  the  "Day  of  the  Lord,"  which  spiritually  inter- 
preted signifies  the  "Light  of  the  Divine  Nature,"  the 
light  in  which  Divine  Nature  is  clearly  seen. 

It  is  a  day  of  destruction,  which  we  welcome  when 
we  understand  it,  because  the  many  false  ideas  which  our 
ignorance  has  invented,  are  destroyed  by  the  true  light. 

This  judgment  day  comes  near  the  "End  of  the 
World,"  because  in  its  light,  our  conception  of  the  world 
passes  away  and  we  enter  into  a  new  consciousness  of  the 
world.  Thought  is  ready  to  see  heaven  and  earth  by  a 


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new  light,  is  prepared  to  receive  a  new  idea  of  heaven 
and  earth;  this  is  the  end  of  our  world! 

John  saw  in  his  vision,  the  "Great  and  small"  ap- 
pear befoie  God  to  be  judged.  In  this  judgment  he 
saw  heaven  and  earth  pass  away;  he  also  saw  "Death  and 
hell  cast  into  the  lake  of  fire."  Later,  he  declares  that 
he  saw  a  "New  heaven  and  a  new  earth,"  but  speaks  not 
of  seeing  a  "new  hell"  after  its  destruction! 

The  devil  spoke  to  Jesus,  "All  these  things  will  I 
give  thee  if  thou  wilt  worship  me."  Worship  acknowledges 
a  power  and  presence.  Every  day  this  temptation  meets 
us,  as  it  did  Jesus;  evil  appearances  appeal  to  us,  to  ac- 
knowledge the  reality  of  evil,  to  admit  its  power  and 
presence!  But  Jesus  answered,  "It  is  written,  Thou  shalt 
worship  the  Lord  thy  God,  and  Him  only  shalt  thou 
serve."  Truth  replies  to  claims  of  error,  God  alone  is 
power  and  presence;  this  only  do  I  acknowledge. 

Then    "the   devil   leaveth    him    and    angels    come.'' 

We  recall  the  story  of  the  Saint,  who  was  so  lost  in 
contemplation  of  Divine  Love,  as  to  be  filled  completely 
with  its  Holy  Presence.  In  the  midst  of  his  bright  vision 
arose  a  dark  figure,  whom  he  knew  to  be  "Satan."  Look- 
ing upon  it  a  moment,  with  the  light  of  Love  filling  his 
soul,  he  exclaimed,  "Satan,  thee  too  I  love."  Immedi- 
ately the  dark  form  disappeared,  and  Light  Divine,  shone 
in  the  very  place  where  darkness  had  been. 

To  look  at  every  appearance,  with  thought  aglow  in 
the  consciousness  of  Divine  Presence  and  Power  as  all,  is 
to  dispel  every  opposite  claim. 

Peter  expresses  this  idea  of  the  judgment  day  when 
he  says,  "The  day  of  the  Lord  shall  come  as  a  thief  in  the 
night." 

A  thief  does  not  annouuce  his    coming  with  noise  of 


trumpet  and  commotion!  He  steals  upon  us  so  silently, 
that  we  are  not  aware  of  his  presence,  until  we  see  what 
his  work  has  been! 

So  does  Divine  Light  quietly  take  possession  of  our 
thoughts,  stealing  away  our  treasures  of  earth.  As  is 
added,  "In  which  the  heavens  shall  pass  away  with  a 
great  noise,  and  the  elements  (of  the  world)  shall  melt 
with  fervent  heat,  and  the  works  that  are  therein  shall 
be  burned  up." 

The  Light  is  the  thief;  we  now  long  for  its  coming! 
though  we  shall  find  all  our  old  and  highly  valued  ideas 
of  heaven  and  earth  "done  away." 

Understanding  the  work  of  Light,  even  its  destroying 
power,  we  no  longer  rebel,  but  gladly  lay  in  its  consum- 
ing power,  all  that  is  not  of  Divine  Nature. 

"He  shall  baptize  you  with  the  Holy  Ghost  and  with 
fire."  Christ's  baptism  upon  us,  immerses  us  in  Divine 
Consciousness,  which  purifies  us  from  our  beliefs  in 
something  beside  God. 

We  noted  how  Truth  said  in  this  harvest,  or  sifting 
time,  "Gather  first  the  tares,  to  burn  them." 

First  then,  we  will  search  truly  among  our  concep- 
tions, and  separate,  by  the  light  of  judgment,  based  upon 
Spirit  as  All  Life,  Mind,  and  Substance,  all  that  claims  to 
be,  or  that  we  have  believed  to  be  a  truth,  a  life,  and  a 
mind  not  God. 

We  can  do  this  when  touched  by  Divine  Knowledge, 
for  "He  that  is  spiritual  judgeth  all  things." 

Standing  in  the  Presence  of  Truth,  let  us  witness 
what  separation  is  made  between  the  Divine,  and  not 
Divine. 


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On  one  hand  we  have: 
The  Divine  Nature. 
Born  of  God. 
Cannot  sin. 
Perfect  health. 
Perfect  love. 
Perfect  peace. 
The  immortal. 
The  living. 
The  loving. 
Rest. 

The  incorruptible. 
The  wheat. 
The  sheep. 

Truth  speaks  to  these, 
"Unter  thou  into  the  joy 


On  the  other: 

The  claim  of  mortal  nature. 
Not  born  of  God. 
Full  of  sin. 
Full  of  sickness. 
Full  of  fear. 
Full  of  discord. 
The  mortal. 
Dying. 
Hating. 
Unrest. 

The  corruptible. 
The  tares. 
The  goats. 
To  these  Truth  says, 
•'Depart  from  me,  I  never 
knew  you." 


of  thy  Lord." 

That  which  Truth  never  knew,  has  no  truth  in  it,  is 
therefore  falsehood. 

All  Truth  belongs  in  the  Divine  Nature,  and  here  we 
find,  in  the  separation  taking  place  within  us,  Peace,  Per- 
fection, Life,  Health,  Strength,  and  all  Good,  hence  we 
declare  these  to  be  truth.  All  untruth  belongs  in  the  claim 
of  a  mortal  nature,  and  here  we  find  arrayed,  discord,  im- 
perfection, sin,  sickness  and  death,  all  evil. 

In  the  Divine  Nature,  God,  Spirit,  Infinite  Mind  is 
seen  as  the  Master  sowing  Good  seed  only;  here  is  the 
"Wheat."  In  the  claim  of  a  mortal  nature,  man  has  fallen 
asleep  to  Truth,  and  his  dreams,  which  seem  so  real, while 
he  is  in  them,  are  of  suffering,  death,  evil  and  darkness. 

He  begins  to  be  aroused  by  the  voice  of  Truth  say- 
ing, (Eph.  4:14),  "Awake,  thou  that  sleepest,  and  arise 
from  the  dead,  and  Christ  shall  give  thee  light." 

"It  is  high  time  to  awake  out  of  sleep,  for  now  is  our 


FASTING.  73 

salvation  nearer  than  when  we  believed.  The  night  is 
far  spent,  the  day  is  at  hand'' — Rom.  13:11. 

The  "deep  sleep"  that  fell  upon  Adam,  has  held  the 
race  in  dullness  until  this  day.  But  it  is  written,  "As  in 
Adam  all  die,  so  in  Christ  shall  all  be  made  alive."  Not 
in  some  far  off  Adam,  any  more  than  a  far  off  Christ  ! 
In  the  ignorant  thought  within  us,  is  belief  of  separation 
and  death.  Also  in  the  consciousness  of  sonship  within 
us,  is  knowledge  of  oneness  and  life  eternal  for  all. 

In  this  "sleep,"  the  whole  race  have  believed  in  sep- 
aration from  God,  which  means  separation  from  Peace, 
from  Life,  from  Spirit  and  Wisdom,  from  Strength  and 
Wholeness.  We  have  the  "fruit"  of  that  belief.  It  ap- 
pears as  our  world  of  sin  and  suffering. 

In  the  awaking,  we  begin  to  see  the  falseness  of 
these  universal,  or  race  beliefs;  we  see  there  is  no  sepa- 
ration from  God,  no  world  of  our  own,  no  mind  of  our 
own,  no  life  separate  from  God;  no  power,  no  presence, 
no  knowledge  but  God  Mind. 

But,  as  when  we  awaken  from  a  deep  sleep,  we  do 
not  in  a  moment  throw  off  the  spell  of  the  sleep  and  its 
dream,  so  we  do  not  at  once  and  for  all,  give  up  that 
which  has  held  us  so  long.  We  are  not  at  first  wide 
awake;  sometimes  we  indulge  in  a  little  more  sleep,  and 
go  back  into  our  dream  !  But  "morning"  has  come,  the 
"day"  has  dawned,  darkness  is  disappearing,  and  we 
must  arise. 

After  we  are  fully  aroused,  we  often  smile  at  the  ab- 
surdity of  our  dreams;  sometimes  we  are  so  glad  to 
know  that  they  are  not  true.  How  much  more  satisfac- 
tion shall  we  feel  when  we  "awake  to  righteousness," 
which  is  right  thinking,  "I  shall  be  satisfied  when  I 
awake  with  thy  likeness." — Prov.  17:15.  When  I  awake 


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to  the  truth  of  being  in  thy  likeness,  or  of  being  Divine 
Nature. 

What  will  help  us  to  arouse  quickly  from  our  dream 
of  error  and  evil?  To  cease  to  believe  in  error  and  evil, 
because  we  see  Truth  and  Goodness  as  All  in  all.  But 
we  have  seen  the  opposite  so  long  it  is  hard  to  throw  it 
off. 

For  this  very  reason  we  must  not  fall  asleep  again; 
the  first  awakening  is  the  hardest;  be  persistent,  be  posi- 
tive. What  will  help  us  to  be  positive? 

First,  "Bind  the  tares  in  bundles  to  burn  them."  We 
have  bound  them  in  bundles  under  Truth's  directions. 
The  race  beliefs,  the  claim  of  a  mortal  nature,  of  some- 
thing not  born  of  God.  All  appearances  of  evil  result 
from  these  beliefs,  for  we  have  seen  how  all  sorrow  and 
suffering  follow  in  this  train.  How  shall  we  "burn" 
these"?  "Cast  out  the  bond  woman  and  her  son."  "The 
grace  of  God  (which  is  light  within)  that  bringeth  sal- 
vation hath  appeared  to  all  men,  teaching  us  that,  denying 
ungodliness  and  worldly  lusts,  we  should  live  soberly, 
righteously  and  godly  in  this  present  world." — Titus  2:12. 

The  surest  way  to  become  free  from  evil  is  to  deny  it 
a  place ;  deny  all  that  is  ungodlike.  We  can  do  this 
when  we  know  God  is  all.  Begin  and  deny  each  claim 
separately.  "There  is  no  truth  in  the  claim  of  a  mortal 
nature.  There  is  nothing  that  is  not  of  God.  There  is 
no  separation  from  God.  There  is,  therefore,  no  world 
of  sin,  sickness,  discord,  or  fear.  "God  hath  not  given 
us  a  spirit  of  fear." — /  Tim.  i:f.  There  is  no  death. 
There  is  no  hate.  There  is  no  suffering  in  the  world;  for 

There  is  no  mind  but  Immortal  Mind. 

There  is  no  power  in  any  claim  of  evil. 

There  is  no  power  in  the  false  race  beliefs. 

There  is  no  place  for  evil  or  error. 

There  is  no  self  apart  from  God." 


FASTING.  75 

When  we  deny  the  race  beliefs — the  universal 
opinions  about  fear,  trouble,  sickness  and  death, 
which  bind  us,  until  by  Truth,  we  see  our  freedom,  we 
have  handled  the  strongest  claim  of  error  there  is,  one  of 
the  largest  "bundles." 

Remember,  error  and  evil  are  only  claims,  resulting 
from  ignorance  of  God,  and  belief  of  separation;  deny 
ignorance,  it  does  not  belong  to  Divine  Mind,  and  Divine 
Mind  is  All-Presence. 

Deny  separation — there  is  none.  All  are  in  the  One. 
While  we  have  not  seen  God  every  where,  we  have  be- 
lieved in  seeing  something  not  God.  This  belief  is  that 
which  must  be  "cast  out,"  and  is  cast  out  by  our  denials; 
because  as  we  deny,  we  cease  to  believe  in  it. 

Jacob,  in  his  sleep,  saw  a  ladder  reaching  from 
heaven  to  earth.  Angels  ascended  and  descended.  So 
in  sleep  have  we  believed  in  the  visitation  of  "angels," 
but  God's  presence  was  at  the  other  end  of  the  ladder. 

When  "morning"  came  and  "day"  dawned  to  Jacob, 
he  saw  differently.  "When  Jacob  awaked  out  of  his  sleep 
he  said,  Surely  the  Lord  is  in  this  place,  and  I  knew  it 
not.  .  .  .  This  is  none  other  but  the  house  of  God, 
and  this  is  the  gate  of  heaven." — Gen.  28:16,  ij. 

When  the  disciples  questioned  Jesus  about  their  in- 
ability to  heal  a  certain  case,  he  said  it  was  because  of 
their  unbelief.  He  added  these  words:  "Howbeit  this 
kind  goeth  not  out,  but  by  prayer  and  fasting."  This  is 
just  as  true  to  day.  We  must  fast  and  pray  without 
ceasing. 

Fasting  in  its  inner  sense,  is  the  soul's  denial  of  all 
the  claims  of  sense;  denying  the  old  mortal  idea  of  life 
and  of  self;  that  the  Divine  Idea  may  more  fully  possess 
our  thoughts. 

"The  Lord  is  in  the  midst  of  thee,  thine  eye  shall 
not  see  evil  any  more." 


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DENY   THYSELF. 


I  have  no  set/apart  from  God. 

There  is  no  Mind,  Life,  Power,  or  Substance,  apart 
from  God. 

There  is  no  Mind  or  Power  of  darkness,  or  evil. 

There  is  no  reality  or  power  in  fear. 

"God  hath  not  given  us  fear."     There  is  no  fear. 

There  is  no  evil.     There  is  no  death. 

There  is  no  cause  of  suffering  or  sorrow. 

These  claims  are  not  found  in  the  Source  of  All. 

Man  is  not  born  of  flesh. 

Man  does  not  inherit  from  flesh. 

Man  is  not  heir  to  ills  of  flesh. 

There  is  no  flesh,  for  all  is  Spirit. 

I  am  not  "conceived  in  sin,"  nor  "shapen  in  iniquity." 

God  o?ily  is  my  Father,  my  Lifegiver,  my  Source. 

I  am  not  affected  by  universal  beliefs  of  sin,  evil  and 
death. 

There  is  no  universal  mortal  mind. 

I  have  no  past  outside  of  God. 

I  have  no  doubt,  anxiety,  or  fear. 

I  have  no  uncertainty  of  Life. 

I  have  no  ignorance. 

I  am  nothing  of  myself.     I  am  all  in  God. 

The  Truth  hath  made  me  free. 


PASTING,  in  its  spiritual  sense,  is  breaking  away  from 
all  that  binds  or  limits.  We  may  do  this  by  ejection 

of  past  ideas  which  contain  belief  of  any  opposite  to 
God. 

"Is  not  this  the  fast  which  I  have  chosen:  To  loose 
the  bands  of  wickedness,  to  undo  the  heavy  burdens,  to 
let  the  oppressed  go  free,  and  that  ye  break  every  yoke? 
.  .  .  Then  shall  thy  light  break  forth  as  the  morning, 
and  thy  health  spring  forth  speedily." — Isa.  58:6,  8. 

When  the  light  of  true  judgment  has  illumined  our 
consciousness,  we  know  how  to  fulfill  this  "fast." 

"Ye  cannot  serve  two  Masters,"  Jesus  said;  Which  is 
to  say:  Ye  cannot  acknowledge  two  powers.  Because 
we  have  done  so,  we  must  now  break  the  yoke  of  bond- 
age to  one  or  the  other;  shall  we  acknowledge  the  power 
of  Spirit  only?  If  so,  we  must  free  ourselves  from  the 
belief  of  bondage  to  the  flesh.  "There  is  no  power  but 
of  God;  no  power  but  Spirit,"  may  be  our  denial  for  this. 
Jesus  said:  "Now  is  the  axe  laid  at  the  root  of  the  tree, 
and  every  plant  that  my  Father  hath  not  planted  shall  be 
rooted  up." 

Cause  of  evil  and  error  must  be  struck  at,  not  the 
outer  effect.  Cause  of  sickness  and  sorrow  must  be  de- 
stroyed, and  not  just  the  appearance.  Truth  cuts  deep, 
and  roots  out  "Every  plant  which  my  Father  hath  not 
planted;"  because  Truth  reveals  that  whatever  the  Father 
hath  not  planted,  has  no  reality,  no  cause ;  this  understand- 


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ing  destroys  the  cause  of  sin,  sickness  and  death.  There 
is  no  cause  of  evil;  when  we  see  this,  a  blow  has  been 
made  at  the  root,  which  shall  finally  destroy  the  entire 
plant." — fsa.  52:2,  5. 

To  clear  our  garden  of  weeds,  we  clean  them  out 
root  and  all,  for  if  we  cut  away  only  the  tops  we  shall 
have  an  abundant  crop  again.  To  heal  the  sickness  of 
the  body  is  like  cutting  off  the  tops  of  our  weeds,  and 
leaving  all  the  roots  to  put  forth  again  in  new  growth. 

Science  goes  always  into  Cause;  and  as  there  is  but 
One  Cause  to  go  into,  and  that  forever  Good,  it  soon 
eliminates  the  cause  of  evil,  seeing  it  has  none  !  The 
only  supposed  cause  of  evil  and  suffering  is  the  thought 
of  separation  from  Good.  There  is  no  separation  from 
God.  Truth  destroys  this  "cause." 

Fasting  is  "casting  down  imaginations,"  or  false  im- 
ages thought  is  holding.  "And  every  high  thing  that 
exalteth  itself  against  the  knowledge  of  God:  and  bring- 
ing into  captivity  every  thought,  to  the  obedience  of 
Christ." — 2  Cor.  10:5. 

That  which  sees  things  contrary  to  God  is  imagina- 
tion. "And  God  saw  that  .  .  .  every  imagination  of 
the  thoughts  of  man's  heart  was  only  evil  continually." — 
Gen.  6:5.  This  condition  caused  the  "flood,"  and  within 
each  of  us,  the  flood  shall  come,  that  shall  destroy  these 
imaginations.  When  the  soul  is  flooded  with  the  light 
of  Truth  and  Love,  "The  world  of  the  ungodly"  perishes; 
the  imagination  that  there  is  an  ungodly  world,  is  de- 
stroyed. Righteous  thought — Noah,  (Gen.  /.•/),  is  sepa- 
rated from  all  unrighteousness,  that  ungodliness  may  be 
destroyed. 

Fasting  is  "shutting  the  door"  when  thought  enters 
into  communion  with  All-Spirit.  It  shuts  out  every 
•thing  but  Spirit,  seeing  that  Spirit  is  all.  Hence  fasting 


PRAYER.  79 

prepares  the  way  for  prayer;  it  empties  thought,  making 
it  ready  for,  or  receptive  to  refilling.  "Empty  that  he 
might  fill  me,"  expresses  the  idea  of  fasting  and  prayer. 

Thought  emptied  of  its  own  opinions  and  ideas,  is 
cleansed,  and  prepared  to  be  filled  with  Divine  Idea. 

Prayer  is  the  complement  of  fasting.  After  the 
emptying  must  come  the  filling;  after  the  rooting  out, 
comes  the  re-sowing;  after  tearing  down,  we  want  to 
build;  after  fasting  we  must  pray. 

As  a  new  idea  of  Truth  dawns  in  our  understanding, 
one  of  the  first  questions  it  stirs  up  is,  How  shall  I  pray? 
which  shows  that  our  prayer  changes  as  our  conscious- 
ness changes. 

As  Jesus  opened  the  disciples'  eyes  to  more  Spirit- 
ual understanding,  we  hear  them  asking  at  once,  "Lord, 
teach  us  how  to  pray." 

As  consciousness  increases,  prayer  assumes  new 
meaning,  and  the  words  of  our  childhood — the  "milk" 
that  belonged  to  babyhood — no  longer  satisfy  our  fuller 
grown  thought. 

To  find  a  more  helpful  idea  of  prayer,  which  our  new 
consciousness  demands,  we  first  must  know  what  the 
purpose  of  prayer  is. 

Prayer  cannot,  and  has  never  changed  God.  We 
read,  in  Isaiah  51:9,  the  prayer  of  Israel,  calling  upon 
God,  to  awake.  "Awake,  awake,  put  on  strength,  O 
arm  of  the  Lord."  This  is  the  prayer  of  childhood,  and 
the  answer  comes  back,  (ha.  52:1},  "Awake,  awake,  put 
on  thy  strength,  O  Zion."  "Zion"  needs  to  awake,  not 
God. 

As  soon  as  we  understand  that  the  All  is  Everpres- 
ent,  that  we  live  in  It,  and  that  "All  things  are  ours," 
we  see  that  the  purpose  of  prayer  is  not  to  bring  any- 
thing^to  us,  is  not  to  induce  the  Divine  to  grant  us,  what 


80  STUDIES  IN  THE  SCIENCE  OF  DIVINE  HEALING. 

it  would  otherwise  not  have  given,  but  to  bring  us  into  a 
realization  of  the  Fulness  of  Good,  that  is  everywhere 
present,  so  that  we  may  accept  the  Eternal  gift  of  Love. 

One  says,  "God  has  given  all  of  Himself  to  each 
one.  He  has  nothing  more  to  give. "  And  when 
Truth  declares,  "Before  they  call  I  will  answer,"  it  is  as 
much  as  to  say,  everything  is  given  them,  before  they 
ask  for  it.  Asking  does  not  then  bring  anything  to 
us,  but  earnest  seeking  helps  us  to  find  and  receive  that 
which  is  always  "at  hand." 

God's  Omnipresence  makes  us  sure  of  all  good  here 
and  now,  and  when  this  consciousness  is  ours,  prayer 
changes.  We  have  no  more  pleading  to  do,  but  we  de- 
sire only  to  have  our  eyes  opened,  to  see  what  is  here  for 
us  in  Truth. 

When  Hagar  wept  and  "Lifted  up  her  voice,"  pray- 
ing for  water,  that  her  son  might  live,  "God  opened  her 
eyes,  and  she  saw  a  well  of  water." — Gen.  21:19. 

Prayer  opens  our  eyes  to  see  God's  everpresent  sup- 
ply, and  we  see  there  is  no  lack.  Because  "Eye  hath 
not  seen"  and  "Ear  hath  not  heard"  we  have  been 
"hungry"  and  "thirsty"  in  the  midst  of  full  supply. 
"Prayer  is  not  overcoming  God's  reluctance,  it  is  laying 
hold  of  His  Highest  willingness." 

In  this  understanding,  Jesus'  words  come  to  us  with 
clear  meaning,  "Therefore  all  things  whatsoever  ye  ask 
and  pray  for,  believe  that  ye  have  received,  and  ye  shall 
have." — Mark  11:24.  (Rev.  Ver.} 

No  more  pleading  when  our  eyes  and  ears  are 
opened  to  see  and  hear  the  good  that  is  all  around  us — 
that  is  ours — as  "Heirs  of  God." 

If  we  pray  as  Jesus  here  directs,  our  petitions  will  be 
changed  to  thanksgiving,  as  we  recognize  that  we  "have 
received"  all  things ! 


PRAYER.  8l 

Jesus'  prayer  at  the  tomb  of  Lazarus,  before  he  had 
called  upon  him  to  come  forth  from  the  dead,  should  be 
ours  in  all  that  we  desire  :  "Father,  I  thank  Thee,  that 
Thou  hast  heard  me,  and  I  know  that  Thou  hearest  me 
always." 

It  is  also  written:  "If  we  know  that  he  heareth  us,  we 
also  know  that  we  have  the  petitions  that  we  desired  of 
Him." — i  Jno.  5:15.  When  we  know  that  He  "heareth 
us  always,"  we  will  joyfully  declare  this,  as  Jesus  did, 
rather  than  plead,  as  of  old:  "Hear  our  prayer,  good 
Lord."  Our  manner  of  praying  will  be,  then,  according 
to  our  understanding  of  God,  and  man's  relation  to  God. 

While  we  believe  in  God  as  a  Great  Personality, 
seated  in  some  far  off  heaven,  arbitrary  in  will  and  pur- 
pose, swayed  by  man's  pleadings,  moved  by  his  desires, 
sending  good  gifts  as  a  reward,  withholding  good  as  a 
punishment,  we  will  send  up  our  petitions  and  pleadings 
without  cessation. 

When  we  know  God  as  Changeless  Power  and  Pres- 
ence, always  Love,  forever  Good,  Eternal  Fulness, 
"Without  shadow  of  turning,"  filling  full  heaven  and 
earth;  that  the  kingdom  of  All  Good  is  within  us;  that 
this  Infinite  Good-Presence  does  not  change,  because  it 
is  always  Perfection;  does  not  make  special  gifts,  but  for- 
ever gives  all  to  all;  then  we  pray  according  to  this 
knowledge. 

We  know  that  every  good  thing  is  ready  and  waiting 
for  us  to  accept  with  loving  gratitude;  that  in  the  "Son" 
we  are  heirs  to  this  All-good,  everpresent.  We  hear 
Spirit  saying  to  Its  Own  Begotten  in  us:  "Son,  all  that  I 
have  is  thine";  and  we  answer:  "All  mine  are  thine,  and 
all  thine  are  mine."  Blindness — ignorance  only — has 
kept  us  from  receiving  all  good;  we  have  not  seen. 

It  is  written,  (JFer.  77 .-5-8),   "Cursed  be  the  man  that 


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trusteth  in  man  and  maketh  flesh  his  arm";  that  trusteth 
in  man's  opinions;  that  believes  in  Life  and  Understand- 
ing apart  from  God.  "For  he  shall  be  like  the  heath  in 

the  desert,  and  shall  not  see  when  good  cometh 

Blessed  is  the  man  that  trusteth  in  the  Lord,  .  .  .  for 
he  shall  be  as  a  tree  planted  by  the  waters  .  .  .  and 
shalt  not  see  when  heat  cometh." 

So  we  need  not  ask  God  to  be  near  us;  Good  cannot 
come  any  nearer  than  it  always  is  !  Let  us  then  seek  to 
realize  how  near  God  is.  We  will  not  ask  for  more  life, 
more  strength,  more  health,  to  be  given  us;  but  will  try 
to  appreciate  and  accept  the  changeless  Life  and 
Strength,  the  perfect  Health  in  which  we  live.  "Shall 
we  plead  for  more  at  the  open  Fount,  which  already 
pours  forth  more  than  we  can"  (or  know  how)  "to  re- 
ceive"?— 5.  and H.  What  then  shall  we  ask  for?  Only 
that  our  eyes  may  be  opened  to  see  what  eternally  is. 

Consciousness  of  God  enables  us  to  claim  what  is; 
to  recognize  our  Father's  good  gifts  and  good  will.  The 
prayer  then  of  a  higher  understanding  is  recognition  of 
Truth,  and  willing  thanksgiving. 

"In  happy  childhood,  at  a  father's  call, 
Trusting  we  walk  wherever  He  may  lead. 
We  say  not:  'Father,  do  not  let  me  fall 
Down  this  steep  hill.'     We  feel  so  safe,  that  all 
We  think  is  to  enjoy  his  loving  heed. 
We  never  plead:  'Do  not  forget,  I  pray, 
To  give  me  food  and  drink  enough  to-day.' 
Why  should  we  with  a  heavenly  Father  plead?" 

In  a  better  consciousness,  the  pleading  of  God's  chil- 
dren, gives  place  to  joyful  recognition.  Many,  at  this 
point,  call  attention  to  the  "Lord's  Prayer,"  and  ask,  Is 
not  that  full  of  petition?  Granted  that  it  is,  we  must  re- 
member that  Jesus  himself,  admitted  his  restriction  in 
speaking,  because  of  lack  of  understanding  in  his  hear- 


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ers.  -  He  must  give  the  prayer  which  the  consciousness 
of  his  hearers  could  receive.  The  Spirit  of  Truth  is  re- 
vealing the  "many  things"  that  Jesus  could  not  then  tell 
about;  and  clearer  consciousness  can  receive  them. 

But  we  notice  that  in  the  Lord's  Prayer  there  is  no 
"if."  It  seems  that  the  greatest  hindrance  to  answer  of 
prayer,  has  been  because  of  that  little  word  "if,"  which 
Jesus  never  directed  us  to  use.  Webster  defines  "if"  to 
mean,  "In  case  that,  or  supposing  that."  Then  "if"  im- 
plies doubt,  and  doubting  prayer  is  not  answered.  "He 
that  wavereth  is  like  a  wave  of  the  sea.  .  .  .  Let  not 
that  man  think  that  he  shall  receive  anything  of  the 
Lord." — James  1:6,  7. 

Jesus  indicated  the  need  of  perfect  confidence  when 
he  said,  "Whosoever  shall  say  to  this  mountain,  Be  thou 
removed,  and  shall  not  doubt  in  his  heart,  but  shall  be- 
lieve that  what  he  saith  comes  to  pass,  he  shall  have  it." 
Here  we  are  authorized  to  speak  positively,  which  we 
never  do  when  we  put  an  "if"  in. 

When  we  know  that  "The  word  which  I  speak  is  not 
mine,  but  the  Father's,"  we  will  also  know  that  it  "Shall 
not  return  unto  me  void." 

But  one  will  say,  "I  pray,  If  it  be  thy  will,  because  I 
am  not  sure  whether  it  is  God's  will  or  not."  In  such  a 
case,  we  had  better  at  once  enlighten  ourselves  about 
God's  will;  there  is  no  excuse  for  not  knowing  it.  As 
Paul  says:  "Be  not  foolish,  but  know  what  the  will  of 
the  Lord  is."—  Eph.  5:77.  (Rev.  Ver.} 

"The  Lord  shall  preserve  thee  from  all  evil,"  (Psl. 
121 .7),  is  a  statement  in  His  Word,  and  makes  plain 
God's  will  towards  us.  Again,  it  is  told  us  clearly,  in 
Gal.  i .-4,  "Who  gave  himself  for  our  sins,  that  he  might 
deliver  us  from  this  present  evil  world,  according  to  the  will 
of  God."  One  came  to  Jesus,  saying:  "Lord,  //Thou  wilt, 


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thou  canst  make  me  clean."  Not  doubting  his  power— I 
know  thou  canst — but  uncertain  about  his  willingness. 
Jesus'  answer  to  this  one  is  the  answer  for  all  in  such 
doubt,  "Twill:  be  thou  clean."  God  is  always  more  wil- 
ling to  give  than  we  are  to  receive  ! 

When  we  understand  God's  will,  as  Jesus  did,  how 
gladly  will  we  say,  "Not  my  will,  but  Thine,"  for  as  one 
says:  "The  'I  will'  in  Truth  is  God's  will."  This  we  see, 
when  we  know  that  the  One  is  All;  One  Mind;  One  Intel- 
ligence; One  Will. 

Jesus  said:  "Abide  in  me";  be  firm  or  fixed  in  con- 
sciousness of  the  One  that  I  am,  "And  ye  shall  ask  what 
ye  will,  and  it  shall  be  done  unto  you,"  for  it  is  then  the 
One  Will.  "It  is  God  that  worketh  in  me  both  to  will 
and  to  do  of  His  good  pleasure,"  after  I  have  given  up 
all  belief  of  separateness. 

Jesus  again  said:  "If  ye  ask  anything  in  my  name,  I 
will  do  it";  does  not  say  in  these  boundless  promises,  "I 
will  do  it  if  it  is  best  for  you,"  but  simply,  I  will  do  it. 
Do  what?  "Anything"  you  wish,  but  seek  it  "in  my  name." 
This  is  the  secret.  We  may  find  everything  in  that  won- 
derful Divine  Name,  I  am,  which  is  also  Divine  Nature. 
In  the  Divine  Nature  we  have  all  things  we  desire: 
Peace,  Health,  Strength,  All-good  is  there,  and  is  ours  in 
that  Nature,  which  I  am.  We  can  feel  no  doubt,  nor  say 
an  "if"  when  we  understand  asking  "in  his  name." 

"Open  thy  mouth  wide  and  I  will  fill  it." — Psl.  81  :io. 
Make  plenty  of  room  to  receive,  the  Divine  sets  no  limit. 
If  thought  is  half  filled  with  belief  of  evil,  it  cannot  be 
more  than  half filled  with  good.  If  thought  is  emptied 
of  all  belief  of  evil,  it  can  be  filled/?///  of  good. 

'•Prove  me  now,  saith  the  Lord,  if  I  will  not  open  the 
windows  of  heaven  (open  your  spiritual  eyes  to  see)  and. 


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pour  out  a  blessing  that  there  shall  not  be  room  enough." 
— Mai.  3  :io. 

What  we  recive  is  not  limited  by  the  Giver,  but  by 
our  capacity  to  receive. 

"When  the  poor  widow  applied  to  Elisha  for  aid,  he 
met  her  need  by  increasing  the  oil  she  had  in  the  house; 
and  the  limit  of  increase  was  set,  not  by  the  Giver  of  ev- 
ery good  gift,  not  by  Elisha,  through  whom  the  blessing 
came,  but  by  the  widow  who  measured  for  herself!  The 
oil  ran  until  it  filled  every  vessel  she  had  set  to  contain  it! 
And  when  there  was  not  a  vessel  more,  the  oil  stayed." 

As  one  says,  "our  failure  to  receive  comes  from  self 
made  limitations." 

What  shall  we  ask  for?  Jesus  told  us,  when  he  said, 
"Seek  ye  first  the  kingdom  of  heaven."  And  David  gave 
us  the  right  idea  of  prayer  when  he  declared,  "One  thing 
have  I  desired  of  the  Lord,  that  will  I  seek  after;  that  I 
may  dwell  in  the  house  of  the  Lord  forever." — Psl.  27:4. 

The  kindom  of  God  is  also  God's  house;  David  was 
seeking  the  kingdom  of  God,  or  to  dwell  in  God's  pres- 
ence. To  become  conscious  of  God's  All-Presence  is  to 
dwell  in  that  Presence.  If  we  declare  God's  Presence  as 
all,  we  help  our  thought  to  dwell  in  that  consciousness  — 
to  dwell  in  God's  "House." 

Jesus  said  {Luke,  10:42}:  "But  one  thing  is  needful." 
This  one  thing  is  to  recognize  the  everpresent  God  or 
Good. 

Can  we  concentrate  our  desires  to  "one  thing?" 
When  we  do,  we  shall  find  in  that  "one  thing."  whatever 
we  would  ask  for.  It  is  His  Holy  Name  or  Nature;  it  is 
His  One  Only  Presence  and  Power,  which  we  are  to  joy- 
fully acknowledge  and  accept. 

Our  past  praying,  has  been  so  mixed  with  doubt,  be- 
cause we  have  not  seen  God's  will  clearly,  and  could  not 


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understand  that  the  All-Good  was  ours  before  we  began 
to  pray,  so  we  never  felt  certain  of  the  answer!  This  need 
not  discourage  us,  because  when  we  know  better,  we 
shall  pray  better! 

When  Peter  was  imprisoned  by  Herod,  we  read  that 
"Prayer  was  made  without  ceasing,  of  the  church  unto 
God  for  him."  On  the  night  of  his  delivery  he  went  to  a 
house  where  "Many  were  gathered  together  praying." 
Peter  knocked  at  the  door,  am  the  maid,  who  knew 
Peter's  voice,  ran  in  to  those  praying,  and  "Told  them 
how  Peter  stood  before  the  gate."  And  they  said  unto 
her,  "Thou  art  mad!"  But  she  constantly  affirmed  that 
it  was  even  so.  "Then,"  said  they,  "it  is  his  angel!"  The 
need,  just  as  truly  now  as  then,  is  to  have  morefaith'm  our 
prayers!  And  knowledge  will  give  us  that  faith.  In 
clearer  understanding  we  will  revise  our  form  of  prayer. 
Our  old  and  well  loved  "Now  I  lay  me,"  has  new  strength 
and  meaning  in  its  "new"  form: 

A  CHILD'S  PRAYER. 
"Now  I  lay  me  down  to  sleep, 
I  know  that  God  His  child  doth  keep, 
I  know  that  God  my  life  is  nigh, 
I  live  in  Him,  I  cannot  die. 

God  is  my  Health,  I  can't  be  sick, 

God  is  my  Strength,  unfailing,  quick. 

God  is  my  All,  I  know  no  fear, 

Since  Life,  and  Truth,  and  Love  are  here." 


"Oh,  Thou  All-seeing,  and  All-knowing  One, 
Whom  we  call  'Father,'  'God,'  'Creator,'— to  Thee 
We  pray,  not  as  of  old  when  ignorance  of  Thy  laws 
And  Thee,  did  bid  us  supplicate,  entreat, 
Implore  for  things  we  most  desired. 
Eut  in  the  higher  understanding 
With  which  our  great  Teacher  bade  us  pray; 
He  who  said:     'When  thou  prayest,  believe 
That  things  desired  by  thee,  are  thine! 
For  thy  Father  knoweth  all  thy  heart, 
And  gives  thee  all  good  blessings,  e'er  thy  prayer 
Is  uttered' !      God  is  perfection,  law  itself, 
And  He  no  changing  needs.    But  we,  His  children, 
Heirs  by  birth  and  inheritance,  have  lived 
So  long  in  doubt  of  our  estate,  cannot  receive; 
Our  spiritual  ears,  eyes  and  thoughts  are  silent; 

So  we  the  changing  need, 
Now  when  we  pray,  we  will  not  say: 
'Dear  Father,  hear  our  prayer;'  but  know 
That  Thou  dost  hear,  and  answer! 
We  will  not  plead,  'Be  near  us,' 
But  know  that  space  '^filled  by  Thee  alone! 
And  surely  Thou  art  here  as  everywhere. 
We  will  not  plead  that  Spirit's  power, 
May  us  encompass  and  protect, 
We  know  that  spirit  never  leaves  us  day  or  night. 
We'll  let  each  breath,  and  thought,  and  word, 
A  recognition  be,  our  lives  be  hid  in  Thee. 
Content  in  Thee,  we  find  our  heaven  now, 
And  nothing  have  to  fear, 
Since  God  is  'All  in  All,'  and  God  is  good." 


STUDIES  IN  THE  SCIENCE  OF  DIVINE  HEADING. 


AND    MY    FATHER    ARE    ONE. 


One  in  Life,  in  Mind,  in  Idea,  in  Consciousness; 

One  in  Truth,  in  Freedom,  in  Fulness,  in  Wisdom; 

One  in  Strength,  in  Wholeness,  in    Peace,  and    Rest. 

God,  my  Source,  is  Omnipresent,  Omnipotent,  Om- 
niscient Life  and  Love. 

I  (my  name,  or  my  patient's  name)  express  the  Om- 
nipresent, Omnipotent,  Omniscient  Life  and  Love. 

I,  (patient's  name),  the  individual,  express  all  the 
Truth  of  the  Universal  Divine  Man. 

The  Universal  says:  I  am  Divine  Man,  one  with 
God;  one  with  Life,  Truth,  and  Love. 

The  individual  says:  I  express  the  Whole  Truth  of 
Divine  Man;  his  Perfection,  Peace,  Wholeness,  Ease, 
Understanding,  Harmony,  Goodness,  and  Love. 

The  Spirit  of  Love  fills  the  universe  of  God. 

I  live  in  the  full  Power  and  Presence  of  Love. 

Spirit  fills  all  time  and  all  places. 

Every  moment  is  brimming  full  of  Life — Eternal 
and  Changeless. 

Because  God  is  Life,  I  (patient's  name)  express  life; 
because  God  is  Wholeness,  I  express  health;  because 
God  is  Peace,  I  express  peace  and  ease. 

(After  emptying  thought  by  the  denials  given,  fill  it 
with  these  Divine  affirmations). 


GROWTH. 


THE  POWER  OF  THE  WORD. 


((  K\OR  by  thy  words  thou  shalt  be  justified  and,  by  thy 
'    words  thou  shalt  be  condemned." — Matt.  12:37. 

Science  turns  about  (converts)  our  thoughts 
from  the  outward  to  the  inward;  from  the  visible  to  the 
invisible;  from  appearances  to  righteous  judgment;  from 
the  body  to  Spirit;  from  the  word  to  Mind;  from  the 
fruit  to  the  Vine;  from  effect  to  Cause.  By  thus  looking 
beyond  appearances,  I  can  see  by  Divine  Light,  what  I 
am. 

Before  I  can  judge  righteously,  and  appear  right,  I 
must  know  what  it  is  to  be  right. 

The  spoken  word  is,  as  Webster  defines  it:  A  sign 
or  symbol  of  an  idea  in  Mind.  Every  word  spoken — 
which  also  signifies  every  visible  thing — has  an  idea  back 
of  it,  in  which  it  originated.  The  idea  is  the  unspoken 
word;  the  spoken  word  is  the  idea  expressed.  The  idea 
is  first,  therefore  is  the  power  that  is  in  the  word.  Hence 
all  power  is  in  Mind,  and  the  word  expresses  that  power. 

In  Divine  Mind  is  the  Eternal  Idea  of  all  things. 
"The  word  that  was  in  the  beginning  with  God,  and  was 
God."  This  word  is  complete  in  God,  before  it  is  spoken 
forth;  for  it  is  God's  complete  Idea,  which  is  All-Good, 
All-Perfection,  All-Truth.  So  when  we  speak  the  Word 
of  Truth,  we  speak  of  finished  work,  that  which  is  eter- 


90  STUDIES  IN  THE  SCIENCE  OF  DIVINE   HEALING. 

nally  done  in  God;  hence  our  speaking  does  not  make 
any  truth,  but  it  expresses,  or  brings  forth,  the  Truth  that 
is,  and  that  was,  before  we  spoke. 

This  explains  many  verses  in  the  Bible,  as  Gen.  2:4, 
5,  "In  the  day  that  the  Lord  God  made  every  plant  of 
the  field  before  it  was  in  the  earth,  and  every  herb  of  the 
field,  before  it  grew!'  And  again,  in  Heb.^.:^,  "For  we 
which  have  believed  do  enter  into  rest.  .  .  The  works 
were  finished  from  the  foundation  of  the  world";  or  Eph. 
2:9,  "Not  of  works  lest  any  man  should  boast." 

My  Eternal  Life  is  a  finished  fact. 
My  Health  is  a  finished  fact. 
My  Peace  is  a  finished  fact. 

We  can  never  in  Truth  assume  that  individually  we 
have  done  anything;  not  even  can  we  claim  by  our  under- 
standing, to  have  accomplished  aught.  Divine  Under- 
standing enlightens  our  thought  to  see  that  which  is 
eternally  fiinished  in  Truth.  And  as  soon  as  we  see  it,  we 
begin  to  think  it,  and  to  declare  it:  this  is  to  be  our 
work.  Our  part  is  to  believe  in  \.\^Q  finished  Truth  of  all 
things  in  God. 

The  Truth  that  thus  presents  itself  to  us,  is  God's 
Divine  Idea;  we  have  called  it  the  Christ — always  Full 
and  Complete.  We  are  to  believe  in  this  Fulness  and 
Completeness  of  all  things,  and  this  helps  us  to  under- 
stand that,  which  Jesus  declares  to  be  the  "work"  which 
God  requires  of  each  soul.  Jno.  6:29,  "This  is  the  work 
of  God,  that  ye  believe  on  him  whom  He  hath  sent." 
We  are  to  believe  on,  and  to  be  positive  about  the  finished 
work  of  God — the  Divine  that  He  hath  sent  into  all. 

Now,  I  desire  to  be  good,  where  shall  I  begin?  Shall 
I  try  to  make  myself  good  by  acting  good?  This  would 
be  trying  individually  to  make  something,  which  is  im- 
possible. If  I  want  a  beautiful  lilly,  do  I  try  to  make 


GROWTH.  91 

the  flower  first?  or  do  I  plant  deep  out  of  sight,  a 
lilly  bulb,  which  in  due  time  sends  forth  stems,  out  of 
which  burst  the  blossom?  All  of  us  can  plant  a  bulb  and 
have  a  lilly.  The  bulb  contains  within  it  the  perfect 
lilly;  the  flower  is  the  result  of  the  perfect  life  and  sub- 
stance that  is  in  the  bulb. 

This  bulb  may  represent  to  us  our  Divine  Nature. 
The  planting  of  it  in  mother  earth,  may  remind  us  to  see 
our  Divine  Nature  implanted  within  the  Whole  Divine 
Life,  the  Mother,  Father,  God  Source  of  all;  Power  in 
and  through  all;  "Your  life  is  hid  with  Christ  in  God." — 
Col.  3:3. 

To  understand  my  life  buried  with  Truth  in  God,  is 
to  plant  the  bulb  of  my  existence,  the  starting  point  of 
all  outward  expression  of  good. 

The  "stem"  and  "flower"  represent  to  us  this  out- 
ward expression,  put  forth  from  within  the  bulb,  after  it 
is  buried.  When  we  look  from  the  visible  to  the  Invisible 
Life,  from  the  act  to  the  Actor,  or  Power  of  Action, 
Divine  Life  stirs  up  our  souls,  by  pushing  out  Its  own 
action,  and  the  result  comes  into  the  visible  act  of  good- 
ness. 

With  faith  in  the  bulb,  and  what  it  can  do,  we  plant 
it,  and  wait.  With  faith  in  Divine  Nature,  and  what  it 
can  do,  we  believe  in  it,  and  wait.  "For  we  have  need  of 
patience  that  after  we  have  done  the  will,  we  may  receive 
the  promise." 

The  Divine  Soul  is  the  budding  out  of  the  Spirit  of 
Life,  Truth,  and  Love.  The  Divine  Body  is  the  develop- 
ment of  this  bud  into  the  perfect  flower. 

When  thought  is  truly  converted,  it  sees  that  we 
cannot  make  perfect  lives,  but  we  can  be  the  Perfect  Life 
in  God,  and  thus  let  it  put  forth  its  perfection,  peace,  and 
beauty,  into  soul  and  body. 


92  STUDIES  IN  THE  SCIENCE  OF  DIVINE  HEALING. 

We  cannot  make  good  acts  that  are  genuine;  they 
must  unfold  from  within  good  thoughts,  which  rest,  or 
are  positive  in  Good  Being.  All  Truth  must  come  from 
Source. 

We  cannot  then  make  good  health!  There  is  just 
One  Law  of  making  or  expressing  anything. 

We  must  go  into  Source  and  Cause,  and  see  Good 
Health  as  an  eternal  fact — a  finished  Truth — then  we 
will  believe  in  good  health  only,  and  wait.  By  the  law 
we  have  seen,  this  bud  of  good  health,  shall  unfold  into 
the  perfect  expression. 

We  cannot  make  the  body  well  permanently,  while 
thought  is  based  upon  ill-health  as  a  truth.  If  we  desire 
a  well  body,  we  must  "Work  as  the  Father  works/'  which 
is  to  say  we  must  recognize  the  Divine  Law  and  method. 

First,  a  well  mind.  As  there  is  but  One  Mind,  and 
that  the  Infinite,  we  can  easily  see  that  Mind  is  well  ! 
There  is  no  Mind  of  disease. 

Second,  a  well  thought — and  this  comes  naturally 
from  a  sound  Mind. 

Third,  a  well  body — the  sure  result  of  a  sound  Mind 
and  Thought. 

"God  hath  not  given  us  a  Spirit  of  fear,  but  (God 
hath  given  us  a  Spirit)  of  love,  and  of  power,  and  of  a 
sound  mind." — 2  Tim.  i :j.  Therefore  claim,  "I  have  a 
sound  mind,  a  sound  thought,  and  a  well  body."  This  is 
the  way  to  look  to  God  for  our  good  health.  Joyfully 
rocognize  "What  God  hath  prepared"  for  us.  My  good 
health  is  finished  in  God,  is  waiting  for  me  to  accept. 

This  is  the  whole  Law  of  expression,  which  means 
the  law  of  growth.  It  is  always  from  within,  outward. 

"Consider  the  lillies  how  they  grow;  they  toil  not, 
neither  do  they  spin."  "Which  of  you,  by  taking 
thought,  can  add  one  cubit  unto  his  stature." — Matt.  6: 


GROWTH.  93 

27,  28.  These  words  contain  such  a  wonderful  secret  : 
the  whole  mystery  of  growth  is  wrapped  up  in  them. 

Toil  not,  labor  not  to  grow.  Growth  is  never  pro- 
moted in  that  way;  busy  thought  never  adds  to  your 
stature,  and  yet  thought  was  made  to  be  busy,  for 
thought  is  the  action  of  Mind  ! 

It  is  natural  to  grow,  and  we  grow  without  effort. 
If  we  use  thought  as  a  cause  of  growth,  we  make  a  mis- 
take; thought  is  only  the  method  by  which  growth  is  ac- 
complished; the  impelling  power  is  in  Mind  which  moves 
thought  on  to  do  its  will.  Thought  is  the  servant,  not 
Master;  the  action,  not  the  Actor;  the  expression,  not 
the  Expressor. 

Thought  does  not  add  to  my  stature,  because  I  am 
that  I  am,  eternally.  Thought  may  see  what  I  am,  and 
seeing,  declare  it,  The  work  of  thought  is  not  to  make 
me  anything,  but  to  continually  express  what  I  am. 

"Their  strength  is  to  sit  still."  In  the  outer,  be  pas- 
sive, but  in  the  inner,  to  "sit  still"  is  to  be  brimful  of  the 
consciousness  of  Omnipotence  !  Be  positive. 

"For  thus  saith  the  Lord  ...  in  returning  and 
rest  shall  ye  be  saved;  in  quiet  and  confidence  shall  be 
your  strength;  and  ye  whole  not." — Isa.  30:7-15. 

"O,  Jerusalem,  .  .  .  how  often  would  I  have 
gathered  thy  children  together,  even  as  a  hen  gathereth 
her  chickens  under  her  wings,  and  we  would  not." — Matt. 

23-37- 

"Ye  will  not  come  unto  me  that  ye  might  have  life." 
—Jno.  5:40. 

We  cannot  "sit  still"  in  Life,  in  Truth,  and  in  Love, 
until  we  have  come  into  Christ — come  into  knowledge  of 
being  Divine.  Then  /rest  in  Being;  I  direct  thoughts  to 
express  the  truth  of  my  Being  Divine,  and  the  word,  or 
visible  result  of  thought,  will  follow.  Growth,  then,  is 


94  STUDIES  IN  THE  SCIENCE  OF  DIVINE  HEALING. 

not  making  myself  become  anything,  it  is  becoming    more 
and  more  conscious  of  what  I  am. 

Because  we  have  not  recognized  the  truth  of  our 
Life  and  Being,  thought  has  become  filled  with  images 
of  false  being,  which  have  obscured  the  true  idea.  Our 
visible  world  rests  under  the  shadow  of  such  false  belief; 
for  it  is  an  acknowledged  fact,  by  many  thinkers,  that 
creation,  or  the  visible,  is  mysteriously  linked  with  man's 
thought. 

"The  student  of  nature  observes,  that  all  things  in 
nature — the  animals,  mountains,  seas,  and  stones — have  a 
secret  relation  to  man's  thought  and  his  life.  Nature 
gives  him  a  copy  of  every  mood  and  shade  in  his  charac- 
ter and  mind.  Every  object  he  beholds  is  the  mask  of 
man.  Nature  is  the  immense  shadow  of  man." — Victor 
Hugo. 

"The  soul  spreads  its  own  hue  over  everything;  the 
shroud  or  wedding  garment  of  nature  is  woven  in  the 
loom  of  our  own  feelings." — F.  W.  Robertson. 

The  visible  world  returns  to  us  our  own  opinions  and 
beliefs. 

"There  is  nothing  either  good  or  bad,  but  thinking 
makes  it  so." — Shakespeare. 

"There  is  nothing  unclean  of  itself;  but   to  him   that 
esteemeth  a  thing  to  be  unclean,  to  him  it  is  unclean. "- 
Paul.     His  thinking  makes  it  so  to  himself.     We   may    as 
truly  say,  "There  is  nothing  hurtful  of  itself,  but   to   him 
that  esteemeth  a  thing  to  be  hurtful,  to  him  it  is  hurtful." 

To  change  our  world,  therefore,  we  must  change  our 
thoughts  about  it.  "The  things  that  are  seen  are  temporal," 
because  our  way  of  seeing  things  shall  change! 

"The  creation  is  on  wheels,  always  passing  into 
something  else,  streaming  into  something  higher ;  every- 
thing undressing  and  stealing  away  from  its  old  into  new 


GROWTH.  <  95 

forms.  Thin  or  solid  everything  is  in  flight." — Emerson. 
The  outer  is  uplifted,  as  thought  is  enlightened  by  the 
Truth,  to  see-the  true  nature  of  all  things. 

"A  pure  inward  life,  may  transform  the  outward 
shape,  and  turn  it  by  degrees,  to  the  soul's  essence,  till  all 
be  made  immortal."  "Be  ye  transformed  by  the  renew- 
ing of  your  minds." 

The  whole  world  is  to  be  transformed  by  the  making 
new  of  our  thoughts  of  the  world.  When  our  belief  of 
the  world  is  darkness,  the  shadow  of  sin,  sickness  and 
death,  or  the  absence  of  Purity,  Health  and  Life  seem  to 
be. 

A  little  girl,  when  asked  what  made  the  daylight  on 
the  earth  truthfully  replied:  "The  side  of  the  earth  that 
is  turned  to  the  sun."  But  when  asked  again  what  makes 
the  night?  naturally  replied,  "The  side  of  the  earth  that 
is  turned  to  darkness."  There  is  no  darkness  for  the  earth 
to  turn  towards!  The  darkness  comes  to  the  side  of  the 
earth  that  is  turned  away  from  the  light.  And  still  more, 
it  is  the  earth's  own  shadow  that  creates  darkness!  If  the 
earth  were  transparent,  the  light  of  the  sun  would  pene- 
trate it  through  and  through,  and  shine  into  it  and  be- 
yond it  everywhere.  The  opaqueness  of  the  earth,  throws 
the  shadow  or  darkness. 

So  the  denseness  of  our  thought,  throws  darkness 
over  our  world;  these  dense  thoughts  stand  between  the 
"Light  that  lighteth  every  man,"  and  the  world  of  Truth, 
casting  their  shadow  on  all  things.  This  is  how  "We 
see  through  a  glass  darkly." 

If  our  thoughts  were  clear,  filled  with  light,  then 
we  would  see  "Face  to  face";  or  see  everything  as  it  is; 
for  the  light  would  penetrate  our  thoughts  through  and 
through,  and  shine  upon  all  things. 

These"    shcdcvs    ca<t    ficrr    igrcr^rl,  dark  thcrght 


96  STUDIES  IN  THE  SCIENCE   OK  DIVINE   HEADING. 

make  our  world  seem  enveloped  in  darkness,  doubt,  fear, 
error  and  evil;  of  this  it  is  written:  "For  all  that  is  in  the 
world — the  lust  of  the  flesh,  and  the  lust  of  the  eyes,  and 
the  pride  of  life,  is  not  of  the  Father,  (not  God's  world,) 
but  is  of  the  world"  (your  own  idea  of  the  world).  "And 
the  world  passeth  away,  and  the  lust  thereof;  but  he  that 
doeth  the  will  of  God  abideth  forever." — ist  Jno.  2:16,17. 
It  is  descriptive  of  a  mental  state,  opposed  to  spiritual- 
ity, which  shall  pass  away,  as  spirit  is  known  to  be  all. 

Of  this  "world"  (our  own  ideas,  in  belief  of  separa- 
tion) Jesus  spoke  when  he  said,  "In  the  world  ye  shall 
have  tribulation,  but  be  of  good  cheer,  I  have  overcome 
the  world.  Ye  are  not  of  the  world,  even  as  I  am  not  of 
the  world." 

Our  first,  or  infant  ideas  of  things,  shall  pass  away, 
as  thought  matures.  "The  first  man  is  of  the  earth 
earthy";  this  represents  the  earliest  idea  man  has  of  him- 
self. "But  the  second  man  is  the  Lord  from  heaven;" 
the  latest,  or  last  idea  that  man  has  of  himself,  when  the 
"new"  is  "put  on,"  "Created  in  rigteousness  and  true  ho- 
liness." Man  is  to  grow  into  this  knowledge  of  himself, 
and  the  seed  of  such  knowledge  must  be  planted  in  the 
soil  of  Divine  Mind,  put  forth  through  thought,  and  last 
of  all,  spoken  out  in  word. 

Hence  to  improve  the  world,  we  would  not  in  Sci- 
ence begin  our  work  with  the  world — not  work  to  change 
the  outer;  "Not  by  might,  nor  by  power,  but  by  my 
Spirit,  saith  the  Lord."  Change  the  beliefs  of  thought 
into  right  knowledge;  and  this  must  be  done,  not 
by  saying  "I  will,"  but  by  hearing  the  voice  of  Wisdom 
within  saying  "I  am."  Begin  always  with  Divine  Nature, 
let  it  reveal  itself.  This  is  what  all  creation  is  waiting 
for,  as  it  is  written:  "The  whole  creation  groaneth;  wait- 


GROWTH.  97 

ing  for  the  manifestation  of  the  sons  of  God." — Rom.  8:22, 
19. 

"Be  still,"  is  not  slothfulness,  but  stilling  mortal 
opinion,  to  let  Divine  Will  have  its  full  action.  Be  still, 
but  expectant,  wide  awake,  looking!  "For  to  as  many 
as  look  for  him,  he  shall  appear,  without  sin  unto  salva- 
tion." We  receive  what  we  look  for,  since  that  only  have 
we  "eyes"  for.  If  we  do  not  look  for  or  expect  good,  we 
"shall  not  see  when  good  cometh!"  So  of  Health,  of 
Life,  and  Strength,  Peace  and  all  good. 

Two  who  had  spent  some  time  in  India  upon  differ- 
ent missions,  met,  and  each  told  his  experience.  The 
Missionary  recounted  his  triumphs,  and  rejoiced  in  the 
number  of  converts;  the  hunter  replied,  "I  do  not  believe 
there  is  a  Christian  in  India,  for  I  was  there  for  months 
without  seeing  one." 

Then  the  hunter  told  his  story,  and  spoke  of  the 
number  of  bears  he  had  seen  and  shot;  the  Minister  re- 
plied, "I  do  not  believe  there  is  a  bear  in  India,  for  I  was 
there  for  years  and  never  saw  one." 

We  all  see  what  we  look  for.  As  long  as  we  say,  ''We 
must  look  for  trials  and  sufferings,  and  sickness,  and 
death,  while  we  are  in  this  world,"  we  shall  find  just 
these.  And  we  cannot  but  notice  now,  how  busy  people 
are  looking  for  tribulations! 

Let  us  consider  a  practical  illustration  of  how  to  ob- 
tain good  results  by  going  into  Source,  rather  than  work- 
ing with  effect.  I  feel  tired,  my  body  rebels  against  fur- 
ther effort.  I  lie  down,  or  lay  the  body  down  to  rest  it. 
I  rise  refreshed,  but  only  for  a  time;  soon  again  the  body 
demands  rest;  it  is  right,  it  should  have  rest!  Again  I 
lay  it  down  to  rest;  soon  again  it  asks  for  rest,  and  it  will 
continue  to  cry  out  for  rest,  until  we  learn  how  to  give  it 
true  and  permanent  rest.  How  shall  we  do  this?  Go  to. 


98  STUDIES  IN  THE  SCIENCE  OF  DIVINE  HEADING. 

where  rest  eternal  is.  "Come  unto  me,  and  rest."  En- 
ter into  the  Consciousness  that  /  am  Rest;  my  thought 
expresses  the  Rest  that  I  am,  and  my  body  shows  it 
forth — this  is  the  only  lasting  rest;  and  the  body  will 
continually  demand  it,  until  we  give  it  its  own!.  The  tired 
body  then  is  a  warning  voice  to  us.  "Give  me  my  true 
rest." 

Let  us  be  willing  to  grow  up  into  our  Divine  Nature 
in  all  things.  Which  means  that  in  every  place  we  rec- 
ognize that  the  Divine  is,  and  is  the  rewarder  of  all  that 
seek  it. 


GROWTH.  99 

A    STUDY    OF    THE    TRINITY. 


Three  is  the  sign,  or  symbol,  of  completeness. 

"Three  in  One,"  indicates  the  Complete  One. 

Mind  is  a  Trinity  in  Unity,  or  is  complete  as 
Mind,  Idea,  and  Consciousness. 

This  is  Infinite  Mind,  in  Stillness  and  Fulness,  but 
with  all  Power  of  action.  It  "creates,"  or  manifests  It- 
self in  Its  own  likeness.  Therefore  we  find  the  "Three 
in  One"  in  all  creation;  and  God-Mind  includes  the 
whole  creation,  and  holds  it  in  oneness  with  Itself. 

In  the  Trinity  we  may  say  there  is  one,   two,   three. 

The  One  is  the  Infinite  Mind. 

The  Two  is  the  action  of  the  One  Infinite. 

The  Three  is  the  result  of  this  action  of  the  One. 

The  One  is  the  Creator. 

The  two  and  three,  or  action  and  result,  is  the  cre- 
ation. 

In  the  parable  of  the  Vine,  we  find  an  illustration: 

The  One  is  the  Vine. 

The  two  and  three  are  the  branches  and  fruit;  and 
Vine  (Creator)  includes  and  holds  in  oneness  with  itself, 
its  branches  and  fruit  (creation). 

So  there  is  but  One  in  the  universe — Mind,  the  Ac- 
tor; and  creation,  the  unfolding  of  Mind. 

i.     Mind,   the   "Head." 


2  and  3.     Creation,    the  "Body." 
I.  Infinite  Mind.       I.  Infinite  Spirit. 
2.  Its  Thought.          2.  Its  Soul. 
3.  Its  Word.               3.  Its  Body. 

All  One. 
i.  The  One. 
2.  Its  Action. 
3.  Its  Result. 

I.  Creator. 

i.  Infinite  Cause. 

i.  The  Vine. 

2.  Its  Image. 
3,  Its  Likeness. 

2.  Its  Heavens. 
3.  Its  Earth. 

2.  Its  Branches. 
3.  Its  Fruit, 

STUDIES  IN  THE  SCIENCE  OF  DIVINE  HEADING, 


"Upon  the  summit  of  each  mountain-thought 
Worship  thou  God;  for  Deity  is  seen 
From  every  elevation  of  the  soul." 

"They  shall  not  hurt  nor  destroy  in  all  my  holy 
mountain;  for  the  earth  shall  be  full  of  the  knowledge 
of  the  Lord,  as  the  waters  cover  the  sea." — ha.  11:9. 


THE     MOUNTAIN     OF    THE 
LORD. 


ND  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  the  last  days,  that  the 
mountain  of  the  Lord's  house  shall  be  established 
in  the  top  of  the  mountains,  and  shall  be  exalted 
above  the  hills,  and  all  nations  shall  flow  into  it.  And 
many  people  shall  go  and  say,  Come  ye,  and  let  us  go  up 
to  the  Mountain  of  the  Lord." — Isa.  2:2. 

Mountain  is  the  symbol  of  clear  consciousness,  or 
perfect  spiritual  realization.  As  we  ascend  a  mountain 
our  vision  is  extended;  we  rise  above  the  earth — nearer 
heaven;  we  see  more  clearly.  So  does  consciousness  lift 
us  above  "earthiness,"  and  give  us  plainer,  broader  vision. 
The  "Mountain  of  the  Lord's  house,"  represents  con- 
sciousness of  God's  presence,  and  the  promise  is,  that  in 
the  "last  days,"  or  fuller  light,  the  knowledge  of  God's 
presence  shall  be  established  above  all  other  knowledge, 
and  all  others  shall  come  into  it. 

This  indicates  plainly  to  us,  that  in  due  time,  all 
things  shall  be  brought  into  the  Consciousness  of  Love, 
Life,  and  Truth.  "For  the  knowledge  of  the  Lord  shall 
cover  the  earth,  as  the  waters  cover  the  sea."  This  Con- 
sciousness of  Divinity  as  all  in  all,  is  now  beginning  to  be 
our  refuge.  "Beautiful  for  situation  is  Mount  Zion,  God 
is  known  in  her  palaces  for  a  refuge." — Psl.  47:2,  j. 
"Flee  as  a  bird  to  your  mountain,  thou  who  are  weary  of 
sin."  In  perfect  understanding,  sin  is  not  known.  ! 

"O  Zion,  that  bringeth  good  tidings,  get  thee  up  into 


102  STUDIES  IN  THE  SCIENCE  OF  DIVINE  HEADING. 

the  high  mountain."  We  know  how  Jesus  went  up  into 
the  mountain  to  pray;  and  it  was  in  "an  exceeding  high 
mountain"  that  he  met  and  conquered  the  strongest 
claims  of  the  flesh!  We  need  to  be  established  in  the 
highest  consciousness,  to  be  able  to  deny  the  allurements 
of  sense,  or  appearances.  In  the  Old  Testament  stories 
peculiar  reference  is  made  to  mountains;  and  by  finding 
the  spiritual  significance,  most  helpful  truths  are  gleaned 
from  the  narratives. 

"The  ark  rested  upon  the  mountains,"  lifted  up  by 
the  waters  that  had  destroyed  the  "World  of  the  un- 
godly." Our  ark  of  safety  finds  its  resting  place  in  Di- 
vine Consciousness,  borne  upward  upon  the  flood  of  light 
and  Truth,  that  has  destroyed  our  beliefs  of  darkness  and 
error. 

Moses  went  into  the  Mountain  to  receive  the  com- 
mands of  the  Lord.  We  likewise  meet  the  Divine,  face 
to  face,  when  we  rise  into  pure  consciousness.  John  says 
that  he  was  carried  away  in  Spirit  "To  a  great  and  high 
mountain,"  where  he  saw  "The  holy  Jerusalem  descend, 
ing  out  of  heaven  from  God." — Rev.  21:10.  When  in  the 
Spirit  we  are  lifted  into  "a  great  and  high"  consciousness^ 
the  same  vision  awaits  us.  We  see  in  this  high  con- 
sciousness, heaven  and  earth  as  one  heaven,  and  hear 
Truth  saying,  of  this  new  heaven  and  earth,  "And  God 
shall  wipe  away  all  tears  from  their  eyes,  and  there  shall 
be  no  more  death,  neither  sorrow,  nor  crying,  neither 
shall  there  be  any  more  pain,  .  .  .  and  there  shall  be 
no  more  curse,  .  .  .  And  there  shall  be  no  night 
there,  .  .  .  for  the  Lord  God  giveth  them  light." — 
Rev.  21  .'4.  22:3,  5.  We  cannot  see  this  except  from  the 
height  of  pure  Consciousness,  even  in  "His  holy  moun- 
tain." 


THE  MOUNTAIN   OF  THE  I,ORD.  103 

THE  MOUNT  OF  CONSCIOUSNESS. 

Each  one  stands  now,  somewhere  on  the  "Mount  of 
Consciousness."  One  may  be  lingering  at  the  foot  of  this 
mount,  where  his  vision  is  shut  in,  limited,  Here  his 
seeing  is  likely  to  be  obscured  by  the  mists  of  the  valley; 
into  this  low  spot,  the  sunlight  reaches  for  only  a  few 
brief  hours,  the  "shadows,"  therefore,  fall  long  and  deep. 
In  the  "valley"  is  the  "shadow  of  death." — Psl.  23:4. 

We  hear  this  one  praying  for  deliverance  from  these 
deep  shadows  and  blinding  mists.  The  answer  comes, 
"Work  out  your  own  salvation.  If  you  are  seeing  clouds 
and  shadows,  it  proves  that  you  are  standing  on  low 
ground.  Your  only  deliverance  is,  to  rise  above  the  place 
of  mists  and  darkness.  In  the  valley  must  ever  be  deep 
shadows  and  clouds,  they  belong  to  to  the  valley;  but  I 
have  told  you  that  'There  shall  be  no  hurt  in  all  my  holy 
mountain.'  Ascend,  come  up;  and  soon  you  will  be 
lifted  to  where  there  are  no  shadows.  'Follow  me.'" 

Now  the  willing  one,  obedient  to  the  guiding  voice, 
begins  to  turn  away  from  the  valley,  and  to  seek  the 
mountain  path;  soon  he  sees  a  way  that  has  been  opened 
by  the  One  who  first  ascended,  and  who  now  calls  from 
the  heights  to  all  below  him,  "Come  unto  me";  "Come 
and  be  with  me,  where  I  am;  come  from  the  depths  of 
your  doubt  and  fear  in  the  valley,  to  this  summit  of 
Light,  where  I  stand.  I  have  gone  before  and  prepared 
a  way  for  you.  I  wait  to  receive  you  here.  I  have  over- 
come, by  coming  up  over  all  doubts  and  darkness,  and 
because  1  did  this,  you  may  also.  The  way  is  'straight 
and  narrow,'  it  leads  direct  to  me." 

This  voice  is  heard  even  by  those  halting  in  the  val- 
ley; and  he  who  heeds,  begins  at  once  the  ascent,  al- 
though the  way  is  not  familiar  at  first. 

But  soon  an  exclamation  of  surprise  is  heard;  as  this 


IO4  STUDIES  IN  THE  SCIENCE  OP  DIVINE  HEADING. 

one  advances  in  the  new  way,  he  cries,  "How  my  view  is 
broadening,  how  much  freer  I  feel,  how  pure  is  the  at- 
mosphere becoming,,  how  much  clearer  is  the  sunlight, 
how  less  dense  the  shadows!  From  where  I  now  stand, 
I  "see"  what  I  never  even  conceived  of  while  I  was  in  the 
valley"! 

From  above  a  voice  is  heard,  "And  I,  if  I  be  lifted 
up,  will  draw  all  men  unto  me."  And  this  ascending 
one,  begins  to  understand  the  drawing  power  that  is  giv- 
ing him  strength  to  rise  in  consciousness. 

So,  all  along,  from  the  base  to  the  summit  of  the 
mountain,  are  those  who  have  left  the  valley,  in  obedi- 
ence to  the  voice,  and  are  attempting  to  attain  the 
heights.  Each  speaks  his  view,  from  his  standpoint,  for 
the  view  changes  with  every  upward  step;  and  so  we  hear 
views  given,  differing  according  to  the  height  reached  in 
consciousnesss. 

Some  of  these  travelers  move  slowly,  others  rapidly. 
We  see  one  who  halts  and  hesitates,  and  learn  that  it  is 
because  he  fears  to  go  too  fast;  he  wishes  to  be  sure  of 
every  step  of  the  way,  before  he  takes  it;  he  is  so  occu- 
pied with  his  own  thoughts  and  beliefs,  that  he  hears  not 
clearly  the  voice  that  says  "come,"  and  feels  uncertain  as 
to  just  the  direction  from  which  it  speaks.  In  his  confu- 
sion he  is  sometimes  led  to  believe  that  he  must  not  try 
to  rise  higher,  and  then  he  halts.  He  does  not  realize 
that  by  going  on  up,  his  seeing  will  be  clearer,  and  he  will 
draw  nearer  to  the  voice  that  calls  him,  for  it  comes  from 
the  very  summit  of  the  mountain. 

Another  progress,  slowly,  as  if  burdened.  We  find 
that  this  one  is  trying  to  carry  with  him  up  the  mountain, 
a  remembrance  of  the  "clouds  and  shadows"  he  has  seen 
in  the  valley!  He  is  so  engrossed  with  trying  to  hold  on 
to  these  memories,  that  he  cannot  hear  the  voice  above 


THB  MOUNTAIN  OK  THB  I,ORD.  105 

saying,  "Thy  sins  and  thy  iniquities,  will  /  remember  no 
more."  He  sighing  says,  "Whom  the  Lord  loveth  he 
chasteneth."  He  does  not  realize  that  the  chastening 
means  the  purifying  from  all  doubts  and  clouds,  and  an 
uplifting  into  Light!  He  does  not  know  that  all  the 
"Scourging"  comes  in  the  clouds  of  the  valley,  because 
Love  would  draw  us  above  them.  "To  him  that  over- 
cometh  (which  is,  'cometh  up  over')  will  I  grant  to  sit 
with  me  in  my  throne." — Rev.  3:21.  This  one  does  not 
"Forget  the  things  that  are  being  left  behind,"  though  it 
is  written,  "Remember  ye  not  the  former  things,  neither 
consider  the  things  of  old." — Isa.  43:18.  So  his  progress 
in  consciousness  is  hindered. 

We  meet  another  steadily  pressing  upward,  and  we 
hear  him  joyfully  singing,  "I  will  look  unto  the  hills  whence 
cometh  my  help.  Who  shall  dwell  in  thy  holy  hill?  He 
that  walketh  uprightly.  I  have  set  the  Lord  always  before 
me.  I  shall  not  be  moved.  Thou  wilt  show  me  the  path 
of  life;  in  thy  presence  is  fulness  of  joy,"  and  we  notice 
as  these  words  are  uttered,  that  the  upward  progress  of 
this  one,  is  rapid  and  easy;  we  remember  it  is  written, 
"The  joy  of  the  Lord  shall  be  your  strength."  And  all 
who  catch  the  echo  of  this  rejoicing  one,  are  strengthened 
to  push  on. 

As  we  go  higher,  we  see  that  all  the  other  hills  and 
moutains  begin  to  disappear,  as  we  are  being  exalted 
above  them.  All  the  hills  of  difficulty,  which  once  arose 
so  threateningly  above  us,  now  seem  to  be  leveled,  when 
looked  down  upon  from  this  highest  of  mountains.  Also 
as  we  look,  the  very  valley  we  left  is  lifted  up,  and  is 
seen  no  more  as  a  valley!  Now  is  the  prophesy  of  Isaiah 
understood,  "Every  valley  shall  be  exalted  and  every 
mountain  and  hill  shall  be  made  low." — Isa.  40:4.  Ful- 
filled when  the  soul  has  reached  the  heights  of  Pure  Con. 


IO6  STUDIES  IN'   THE  SCIENCE  OF  DIVINE  HEADING. 

sciousness,  or  the  Consciousness  of  Purity  filling  all.  "To 
the  pure,  all  things  are  pure."  This  is  the  summit  of  the 
Mount,  the  Christ-consciousness  towards  which  each  soul 
on  the  Mount  has  been  pressing,  from  the  "beginning." 

One  says,  "To  get  above  the  clouds  you  must  ascend 
the  mountain;  so  with  the  soul;  it  must  rise  to  where  it  is 
lighted  by  Supreme  Truth,  before  the  mists  of  error  and 
ignorance  vanish." 

"Behold  the  day  of  the  Lord  cometh,  and  it  shall  not 
be  clear  in  some  places,  and  dark  in  other  places  of  the 
world,  but  it  shall  be  one  day  which  shall  be  known  to  the 
Lord." — Zech,  14:1,  6,  7.  (Margin). 

"There  shall  be  one  fold,  one  shepherd." 


THE   LAW  OF  HEREDITY. 


In  the  second  commandment  it  is  written:  "Visiting 
the  iniquity  of  the  fathers  upon  the  children  unto  the 
third  and  fourth  generation  of  them  that  hate  me;  and 
showing  mercy  unto  thousands  of  them  that  love  me  and 
keep  my  commandments." 

Upon  these  words,  the  universal  belief  in  heredity  is 
based.  Even  Christians  claim  its  threat,  of  the  visiting 
of  iniquity  upon  the  children  of  the  Fathers  that  hate  me! 
They  claim  for  their  children  the  inheritance  of  an  evil 
habit,  or  a  weak  body  from  some  ancestor,  even  though 
for  generations  back  they  have  been  God-loving  people. 
They  entirely  forget  that  the  assertion  is,  that  the  sins  of 
iniquity  shall  be  visited  upon  those  that  "hate  me,"  but 
mercy  is  shown  to  "Those  that  love  me."  Certainly, 
Christians  should  insist  upon  freedom  from  heredity  by 
this  very  second  commandment. 

To  love  God  is  to  be  conscious  of  God.     Hate  is  the 


THE  MOUNTAIN   OF  THE  I,ORD.  107 

opposite  of  Love;  hence  to  hate  God,  is  to  be  unconscious 
of  God.  Whenever  we  see  evil,  or  see  the  absence  of 
Good,  we,  in  a  sense,  "hate"  God,  for  we  cannot  see  any 
absence  of  God,  without  being  unconscious  of  God  ! 
Where  we  see  absence,  God  is;  therefore, to  see  evil,  is  to 
be  unconscious  of  God's  all  presence,  and  this  is  to  "hate" 
God. 

In  this  understanding  we  can  see  the  truth  contained 
in  the  words  above  quoted. 

"Visiting  the  iniquity  of  the  fathers  upon  the  chil- 
dren ...  of  them  that  are  unconscious  of  me;  but 
showing  mercy  unto  them  that  are  conscious  of  me."  To 
believe  that  man  inherits  any  evil,  is  indeed  an  indication 
that  thought  is  unconscious  of  Truth  and  Good;  hence 
"The  Truth  shall  make  you  free,"  for  to  become  con- 
scious of  the  Truth  of  Good  only,  is  to  be  free  in  thought, 
from  belief  of  evil  inheritance. 

In  Ezekiel,  eighteenth  chapter,  we  read,  long  after 
the  commandments  had  been  given:  "What  mean  ye  by 
using  this  proverb,  .  .  .  saying.  The  fathers  have 
eaten  sour  grapes,  and  the  children's  teeth  have  been  set 
on  edge?  As  I  live,  saith  the  Lord,  ye  shall  not  have 
occasion  any  more  to  use  this  proverb  in  Israel.  The 
son  shall  not  bear  the  iniquity  of  the  father,  neither  shall 
the  father  bear  the  iniquity  of  the  son,"  etc. 

Later  on,  when  Jesus  spoke  from  still  more  perfect 
understanding,  we  hear  him  say,  and  now  know  his  mean- 
ing: "Call  no  man  on  the  earth  your  father;  for  one  is 
your  Father,  even  God."  This  forever  settles  the  ques- 
tion! Man  is  child  of  God  only;  his  Father  is  the  Infi- 
nite Spirit  of  Perfection  and  Peace;  now  does  he  know 
what  his  inheritance  is;  and  knowing,  he  claims  it;  and 
claiming,  he  possesses  it,  for  it  is  his  for  the  knowing. 
Therefore,  in  the  Light  of  true  Knowledge  we  say:  Infi- 


Io8  STUDIES  IN  THE  SCIENCE  OF  DIVINE  HEADING. 

nite  Mind  is  the  Only  Source  or  Cause.  I  am  in  that 
Source  eternally,  and  am  of  its  Perfect  Changeless  Na- 
ture. 

I  am  born  of  Spirit  only,  and  am  Spirit.  This  is  my 
new  birth,  or  new  consciousness  of  birth.  My  inheri- 
tance is  goodness  and  perfection  in  mind,  thought,  and 
body.  I  was  made  whole. 

There  is  no  source,  or  cause,  of  disease,  weakness,  or 
lack  of  any  kind.  I  am  eternally  of  Divine  nature,  and 
am  filled  full  of  all  Truth  from  my  Source. 


THB  MOUNTAIN  OF  THE  LORD.  109 


WHAT  I  AM  NOT. 


God,  or  Good,  is  in  everything. 
There  is  nothing  to  be  afraid  of. 
am  not  afraid  of  any  kind  of  weather, 
am  not  afraid  of  rain  or  wind, 
am  not  affected  by  cloud  or  sunshine, 
am  not  affected  by  anything  external. 
am  not  afraid  of  anything  I  do. 
am  not  afraid  of  anything  I  eat. 
do  not  believe  there  is  anything  to  hurt  me. 
do  not  believe  in  two  Minds  or  two  Powers, 
do  not  believe  in  two  Substances, 
am  not  bound  by  universal  beliefs  of  fear  and  evil, 
am  not  influenced  by  individual  claims  of  fear  or 
evil. 

I  am  free. 

"The  value  of  a  thought  cannot  be  told. 

He  lives  most  who  thinks  most. 

It  is  much  less  what  we  do,  than 

What  we  think,  that  fits  us  for  the  future." 

— Festus. 


STUDIES  IN  THE  SCIENCE  OF  DIVINE  HEALING. 


"Christian  experiences  are  not  the  work  of  magic, 
but  come  under  the  law  of  Cause  and  effect.  Joy  is  as 
much  a  matter  of  Cause  and  effect,  as  pain.  There  is 
no  mystery  about  Happiness  whatever.  Put  in  the  in- 
gredients and  it  must  come  out.  All  fruits  grow,  whether 
in  the  soil,  or  in  the  soul.  Spend  the  time  you  have 
spent  in  sighing  for  fruits,  in  fulfilling  the  conditions  of 
their  growth.  We  have  hitherto  paid  immense  attention 
to  effects.  Henctforth  let  us  deal  with  Causes. 

Do  not  imagine  that  you  have  got  these  things  be- 
cause you  know  how  to  get  them.  As  well  try  to  feed 
upon  a  cookery  book.  What  more  need  I  add  but  this: 
test  the  method  by  experiment," — Drummond. 


CONCLUSION. 


((/TIHERE  is  no  new  thing  under  the  sun." — Solomon. 
|  All  Truth  is  Eternal;  but  man  illumined  by  the  in- 
creasing light  of  Spirit  within,  progresses  in  con- 
sciousness,  and  perceives  Truth  more  and  more  dis- 
tinctly; he  is  on  his  way  to  the  "perfect  day";  that,  is,  to 
perfect  understanding. 

One  says:  "Man  is  on  his  way  to  God,  not  by  mere 
lapse  of  time,  but  through  various  stages  of  illumination." 
Man  comes  to  God,  by  seeing  God  more  and  more  clearly. 

"Open  Thou  mine  eyes,  that  I  may  behold  wondrous 
things  out  of  thy  law." — Psl.  119:18. 

When  Gehazi,  the  servant  of  Elisha,  saw  the  city  en- 
compassed by  the  enemy,  he  said  to  Elisha:  "Alas  my 
master,  what  shall  we  do"?  "And  Elisha  prayed  and 
said:  Lord,  I  pray  thee  open  his  eyes  that  he  may  see ; 
and  behold  the  mountain  was  full  of  the  horses  and  char- 
iots of  fire  round  about  Elisha "  As  soon  as  his  eyes 
were  opened,  he  saw  the  truth  of  Divine  protection. 

What  were  these  "horses  and  chariots  round  about 
Elisha"?  We  read,  in  Psl.  68:17,  "The  chariots  of  the 
Lord  are  twenty  thousand,  even  many  thousands  of 
angels ;  the  Lord  is  among  them." 

"The  angel  of  the  Lord  encampeth  round  about  them 
that  fear  (or  acknowledge)  him  and  delivereth  them."— 
Psl.  34:7.  Angels  are  Divine  Thoughts:  whisperings  of 
Truth  and  Love  in  the  soul.  These  tell  us  of  the  Omni- 
present Power  of  Good,  and  deliver  us  from  all  fear- 


112  STUDIES  IN  THE  SCIENCE  OF  DIVINE  HEADING. 

When  our  eyes  are  opened  to  see,  we  too  are  made  con- 
scious of  the  Divine  that  surrounds  us,  and  can  say,  "I 
will  fear  no  evil,  for  Thou  art  with  me." 

"Because  thou  hast  made  the  Lord  thy  habitation," 
Because  thou  hast  seen  the  Divine  as  thy  dwelling  place. 
"There  shall  no  evil  befall  thee,  nor  any  plague  come 
nigh  thy  dwelling."  Certainly  not,  for  neither  evil  nor 
plague  can  come  near  to  God.  "For  He  shall  give  His 
angels  charge  over  thee,  to  keep  thee.  .  .  They  shall 
bear  thee  up,  lest  thou  dash  thy  foot  against  a  stone." — 
Psl.  91:9:12. 

May  we  not  trust  in  this,  when  we  come  to  the 
rough,  steep  places  in  life's  journey,  that  just  "at  hand" 
is  the  "chariot  of  the  Lord,"  to  bear  us  up  above  all  hard- 
ship; that  if  we  enter  into  Divine  thinking,  or  thinking 
of  the  Divine  Presence,  All  in  all,  nothing  can  be  "hard" 
to  us? 

Let  us  not  wait,  however,  until  confronted  by  ap- 
pearances that  claim  to  be  evil,  before  we  establish  our 
thoughts  in  Divine  Consciousness.  Begin  at  once,  and 
continually  try  to  see  Divinity  always  at  hand,  wi:hin 
you;  deny  all  other  presence,  power,  or  knowledge,  a 
place.  Do  this  while  all  seems  well;  then  are  you  forti- 
fied when  you  see  the  "enemy  all  around." 

We  know  that  when  a  train  approaches  a  tunnel,  the 
lamps  are  all  lighted  while  the  train  is  still  in  daylight; 
then  when  it  plunges  into  the  darkness  of  the  tunnel,  it  is 
all  light  within.  If  the  lighting  of  the  car  were  left  to  be 
done  after  the  train  had  entered  the  tunnel,  there  would 
be  much  confusion,  for  it  is  too  dark  to  see  even  how  to 
make  a  light ! 

So  we  find  many  who  have  made  just  this  mistake, 
and  feel  discouraged  because  in  the  darkness  they  could 


CONCLUSION.  113 

not  find  their  light;  in  sickness  they  tried,  but  could   not 
find  their  health! 

We  should  carry  our  health,  our  light,  our  peace, 
always  burning  within  us;  and  if  we  suddenly  rush  into  a 
claim  of  sickness,  it  is  all  health  within.  If  we  plunge 
without  warning  into  discord,  it  is  all  peace  within. 

If  the  within  is  fixed  in  health  and  peace,  the  without 
will  soon  be  restored  to  harmony. 

We  need  but  to  know  the  truth  to  be  free,  because 
we  are  free  already  from  every  mortal  claim,  and  we  only 
need  to  know  it.  "Open  my  eyes  to  see  the  Infinite 
Truth,"  is  our  prayer;  and  the  answer  comes,  "Say  to 
them  that  are  of  a  fearful  heart,  fear  not:  the  eyes  of  the 
blind  shallbz  opened,  and  the  ears  of  the  deaf  shall  be 
unstopped.  Then  shall  the  lame  man  leap  as  the  hart, 
and  the  tongue  of  the  dumb  sing.  They  shall  obtain  joy 
and  gladness,  and  sorrow  and  sighing  shall  flee  away." — 
Isa.  35:4-10. 

How  much  we  are  able  to  "see,"  depends  upon  the 
height  we  have  reached  in  Consciousness.  A  new  under- 
standing is  our  need,  and  not  a  new  thing.  "There  is  no 
new  thing." 

One  says:  "Our  measure  of  Consciousness  is  our 
measure  of  life";  which  is  to  say  that  we  have  all  the  life 
we  are  conscious  of;  and  as  truly  may  we  say,  we  have  all 
the  good  we  are  conscious  of;  our  health  is  measured  by 
our  consciousness  of  Health;  our  strength, by  our  conscious- 
ness of  Strength;  our  rest,  by  our  consciousness  of  Rest. 

Our  Life,  Health,  Strength,  Goodness,  and  Rest  are 
limitless — we  have  all  that  we  know  how  to  claim. 

To-day  a  deep  and  new  idea  of  Truth  is  dawning  in 
our  consciousness;  it  does  not  appeal  to  material  sense, 
for  it  is  the  Spirit  of  Truth  that  is  leading  us  into  this 
new  consciousness,  and  as  we  read,  "The  natural  man  re- 


114  STUDIES  IN  THE  SCIENCE  OP  DIVINE  HEALING. 

ceiveth  not  the  things  of  the  Spirit  of  God,  for  they  are 
foolishness  unto  him;  neither  can  he  know  them,  because 
they  are  spiritually  discerned." — /  Cor.  2:14. 

"The  world,  weary  and  disappointed,  is  wooed  to  listen 
to  the  more  excellent  way,  which  promises  better  results." 

If  we  have  worked  a  long  problem  in  mathematics, 
and  at  the  end  find  a  mistake  in  our  answer,  how  do  we 
correct  it?  Are  we  willing  to  change  the  figures  in  our 
result,  without  going  back  over  our  work  to  see  where  the 
mistake  began?  Would  a  teacher  allow  a  pupil  to  cor- 
rect his  mistake  in  that  way,  by  simply  changing  his  fig- 
ures in  the  answer?  Never  !  The  scholar  must  learn 
what  his  mistake  was,  that  in  future  he  may,  with  better 
understanding,  work  more  correctly,  and  be  sure  of  cor- 
rect results. 

All  our  conditions  of  life,  may  be  likened  to  the 
worked  out  example  in  mathematics.  There  is  a  Princi- 
ple of  Life,  back  of  all  examples  in  the  visible,  to  be  un- 
derstood and  demonstrated  in  living.  We  learn  the  Prin- 
ciple; the  First  Cause — the  Source  of  every  visible  thing; 
we  find  that  from  this  starting  point,  which  is  Infinite 
Mind,  all  things  are  brought  forth.  Our  thought  recog- 
nizes the  Way  and  the  Truth  to  be  followed  in  its  work- 
ing, or  reasoning.  All  things  that  come  from  this  First 
Cause,  or  Source,  must  agree  with  It  in  nature;  must  be 
like  It;  must  express  Its  Truth,  Light,  Goodness,  Peace, 
and  Wholeness.  Our  living,  which  includes  all  our  con- 
ditions, should  be  an  example,  or  proof,  of  its  Source 
and  Cause:  for  "The  fruit  of  Spirit  (of  Principle,  Mind,  or 
Infinite  Cause)  is  in  all  goodness,"  etc.  Such  would  be. 
a  perfect  example  of  Life.  Complete,  it  is 

Perfect  Mind,  as  Caus*; 


CONCLUSION.  115 

We  have  found  a  Cause,  or  Principle,  and  know  that 
when  we  rightly  understand  it,  and  work  in  accord  with 
its  Truth,  by  thinking  rightly  of  the  Life  and  Peace  it 
contains  for  all,  we  shall  have  in  all  our  conditions,  right- 
ness,  peace,  love,  health,  etc. 

But  now  we  are  finding  in  our  examples,  conditions 
of  not  good,  not  peace,  not  health  !  Without  much  con- 
sideration of  the  right  way,  we  have  tried  to  fix  up  this  in- 
correct example  by  changing  its  figures !  We  have  taken 
the  sick  body,  which  is  one  wrong  figure,  and  tried  to 
make  it  a  well  body  by  working  to  change  the  outer. 
This  is  just  like  changing  our  result  in  mathematics  by 
altering  the  figures  in  the  answer. 

We  call  this,  in  school  children,  a  dishonest  method. 
I  look  on  some  other  little  girl's  paper,  who  always  gets 
her  answers  right,  and  I  see  I  have  gotten  nine  as  an  an- 
swer, and  it  ought  to  be  ten.  I  just  erase  the  nine  and 
put  ten  in  its  place.  Have  I  been  helped  by  this?  Only 
temporarily.  I  have  been  carried  over  a  hard  place. 

So  I  may  patch  up  the  sick  body  for  the  time,  but 
have  gained  nothing  until  I  learn  the  mistake  that  pro- 
duced the  sick  body,  and  find  the  antidote  for  all  such 
conditions,  in  Divine  Source. 

To  understand  true  healing,  then,  is  to  know,  as  ex- 
actly as  in  mathematics,  what  the  Principle  of  Health  is; 
what  its  law  of  demonstration,  in  order  that  I  may 
always  express  this  true  condition. 

"With  all  things,  a  right  beginning  is  essential  to  a 
correct  ending."  It  is  then  all  important  to  know  and 
understand  the  source  of  all  things.  One  says:  "To  hold 
a  false  idea  of  God  is  to  worship  a  false  God."  And  to 
be  ignorant  of  the  True  and  Only  Source,  is  to  misun- 
derstand our  Life,  and  all  its  conditions.  To  know  any- 


Il6  STUDIES  IN  THE  SCIENCE  OF  DIVINE  HEALING. 

thing  about  our  lives  we  must  go  into  the  Source  of  Life; 
to  understand  our  health  and  strength  and  peace,  we 
must  go  into  the  Source  of  Health,  Strength  and  Peace, 
and  work  it  out  from  there! 

If  then,  "figures"  or  conditions  appear  in  our  answer 
to  the  "problem  of  Life,"  that  do  not  harmonize  with  the 
Principle  of  Life,  in  goodness  and  peace,  we  may  con- 
clude that  our  work  is  wrong  somewhere,  and  our  wisest 
course  is  to  do  just  as  an  honest  scholar  in  mathematics 
does,  erase  our  work  and  begin  all  over  again. 

It  seems  hard  to  some,  that  after  having  been  relig- 
ious all  their  lives,  they  are  made  to  begin  so  far 
back,  when  they  turn  to  Divine  Science!  But  they  come 
with  anxious  minds  and  sick  bodies,  which  often  have 
grown  rebellious  against  former  methods,  and  refuse  to 
be  improved  thereby;  so  that  they  must  have  a  better 
way,  and  in  their  earnest  desire,  they  submit  to  the  new 
method. 

They  are  carried  at  once  to  the  Beginning  of  all 
things,  are  shown  the  True  and  Eternal  Nature  of  their 
own  soul  and  body,  in  changeless  Being  or  Spirit;  are 
persuaded  to  rub  out  their  past  work,  or  method  of  rea- 
soning from  appearances,  to  go  into  Invisible  Source, 
where  all  Good  has  its  Beginning,  and  to  bring  forth  by 
Divine  Law  or  method,  from  Mind,  through  thought, 
into  visible  things,  the  Perfection  and  Truth  of  Divinity. 

This  is  Divine  Science.  An  exact  knowledge  of  Be- 
ing Divine;  or  Being  perfect  as  Source  is,  in  Mind, 
thought,  and  body;  perfect  in  Strength,  in  Health;  com- 
plete in  Love  and  Truth  and  Life. 

This  is  the  true  condition  of  the  I  am  that  I  am,  and 
I  learn  that  as  I  think  truly  of  the  I  am,  knowing  that  "I 
and  my  Father  are  one" — one  in  Life,  in  Mind,  in  Idea, 
and  Consciousness;  one  in  Substance,  one  in  Spiiit  or  Be- 


CONCLUSION.  117 

ing,  as  I  think  of  this,  beholding  the  glory  of  the  One 
Only  I  Am,  I  must  become  individually  in  Its  image,  and 
express  Its  Omnipresent,  Omnipotent,  Life,  and  Good- 
ness. 

As  I  think  in  my  heart,  I  shall  manifest  in  my  world, 
— this  is  the  law.  If  I  think  holiness,  my  world  will  be 
holy — whole — complete.  If  I  think  not  of  holiness,  my 
world  will  lack. 

If  I  believe  not  in  the  unity  of  all  things  with  Source, 
I  see  separation  from  God,  and  consequently  a  world 
lacking  Ease,  Light,  Truth,  and  Love;  it  is  the  shadow  of 
my  own  thought,  and  the  wrong  "figures"  in  the  living 
example,  all  come  from  this. 

The  remedy  is  to  enlighten  thought,  show  it  the  One 
that  is  All  and  in  All.  "If  thine  eye  be  single,  thy  whole 
body  shall  be  full  of  light."  If  my  thought  sees  but  One 
and  that  all  light,  then  must  my  body  be  "full  of  light." 

When  we  turn  to  the  Infinite  Source,  we  find  It  is 
Light — All  that  comes  from  Light  is  Light.  We  find  It 
is  Love,  and  all  that  comes  from  Love  is  Love.  We  find 
It  is  Mind  or  Spirit,  and  "That  which  is  born  of  Spirit, 
is  Spirit."  It  is  Strength,  Life,  Health,  and  All  Good; 
that  which  comes  from  It,  is  likewise  Strength,  Life, 
Health,  and  All  Good. 

If  in  any  living  thing  there  is  a  lack  of  Life,  Intelli- 
gence, Strength,  Wholeness,  Peace  and  Good,  these  are 
the  wrong  "figures,"  because  they  give  no  representation 
of  the  Source,  or  Principle  of  Truth. 

If  the  Good  made  all  things  and  made  them  good,  as 
the  Word  declares,  and  if  without  Good  "Was  nothing 
made  that  was  made,"  then  every  true  thing  is  good,  and 
all  that  seems  not  good,  is  a  false  result  from  a  false  rea- 
soning, or  thinking. 

Evil  is  not  of  God,  therefore  has  no  Source  or  Cause 


Ilfc  STUDIES  IN  THE  SCIENCE  OF  DIVINE  HEADING. 

in  Truth.  Our  mistakes  put  it  there,  our  right  knowledge 
will  wash  it  out. 

To  Spiritual  Being  and  Consciousness,  there  is  no 
darkness,  no  error,  no  pain  or  disease,  no  evil.  I  am 
spiritual  consciousness  in  Divine  Mind,  and  I  know  the 
Divine  and  Perfect  Idea  of  all  things.  This  knowledge 
is  the  Light  of  my  Spirit  within  me,  which  judges 
righteous  judgment. 

It  separates  from  me,  all  claims  of  Being  weak,  erring, 
sinful,  sick  and  dying.  //  says  to  these  claims,  "You  are 
no  part  of  the  Divine  Me.  Depart  from  me  into  everlast- 
ing fire."  The  Light  within  becomes  the  consuming  fire 
to  all  error. 

We  have  let  good  and  evil,  Truth  and  error,  Life  and 
death,  Peace  and  discord,  Health  and  sickness,  share  our 
faith.  Now  we  refuse  to  do  so!  We  deny  the  truth  of 
evil  appearances;  because  we  do  not  find  cause  for 
them  in  the  One  Source,  the  One  Life,  the  One  Mind, 
the  One  Truth,  we  reject  them;  this  is  erasing  our  old 
wrong  example,  in  order  to  write  new  and  truer  figures. 

We  find  that  by  denials,  our  thought  is  freed  from 
faith  or  belief  in  the  power  and  presence  of  evil,  or  of 
anything  not  Good,  and  we  are  made  ready  to  think 
wholly  upon  God  as  Omnipresent,  Omnipotent,  Omnisci- 
ent Truth. 

We  can  make  these  denials  even  in  the  face  of  ap- 
pearances, when  we  have  received  clearly  the  Divine 
Truth,  called  the  statement  of  Being:  "All  is  Infinite 
Mind  and  Its  manifestation,"  which  means,  that  Infinite 
Mind  with  Its  thought  and  word,  Infinite  Spirit  with  Its 
soul  and  body,  Infinite  Source  with  Its  image  and  likeness, 
js  all  there  is  in  the  universe.  Or,  as  another  states  the 
same  truth,  "God,  and  God  manifest  is  all  there  is." 


CONCLUSION.  II9 

The  same  is  declared  by  Paul  in  these  words:  "God  is 
All  and  in  all." 

"Since  God  is  All,  there  is  no  room  for  any  oppo- 
site."— vS.  and  H. 

"To  see  the  Divine  Nature  as  filling  all,  is  the  de- 
struction of  every  opposite  claim." 

One  says,  that  all  our  trouble  comes  from  the  use  of 
two  little  words,  "mine"  and  "thine."  These  certainly 
admit  a  claim  of  separation  When  we  learn  to  speak 
the  "I  am"  in  consciousness  of  oneness,  we  will  know 
how  to  say  with  Jesus,  "All  thine  are  mine,  and  all  mine 
are  thine." 

It  has  been  written  in  one  of  the  sacred  books,  "This 
is  the  great  enemy,  the  wzy-ness  in  me."  My  thought  of 
separation  from  God  and  from  my  fellow  being,  causes 
all  belief  of  enmity. 

Let  us  deny  separateness,  and  declare  oneness.  The* 
Great  Source  of  Life  and  Light,  pushes  Itself  into  ex- 
pression, just  as  the  sun  sheds  its  light  in  all  directions. 
God's  expression  is  man,  and  as  the  rays  of  light  are  for- 
ever joined  to  their  Source,  and  shine  by  its  light,  not  as 
separate  rays,  but  blended  into  one.  body  of  light,  so  man 
is  always  united  with  his  Source,  and  lives  its  Life,  and 
is  one  Mind,  soul,  and  body,  with  all  expressions  of  Life. 

Christ— Divine  Nature — is  the  Head,  the  Founda- 
tion, the  Beginning  of  all  things.  And  all  things  are  the 
"body"  of  Christ — the  form  of  Divine  Nature.  As  such, 
let  us  receive  all  things,  as  being  in  the  nature  of  the 
Divine,  whose  Presence  and  Power,  whose  Light  and 
Knowledge  is  All,  and  embraces  all. 

One  Substance  is  the  Substance  of  all  things.  There 
is  no  hurt  for  us  in  anything.  Every  breeze  that  blows, 
whispers  of  good;  every  thing  that  moves,  tells  of  Divine 
Life  and  Presence.  We  have  nothing  to  fear,  therefore, 


I40  STUDIES  IN  THE  SCIENCE  OF  DIVINE  HEAI,iN6. 

"whether  we  eat  or  drink,  or  whatever  we  do,   do    all    for 
the  glory  of  God." 

"May  not  the  lofty  mountains  and  the  hills 
Be  voice  of  God?     His  song  the  gentle  flowers, 
His  chant  the  stars'  procession;  and,  alas  ! 
His  only  sigh  these  human  hearts  of  ours." 

In  full  consciousness,  there  shall  be  no  more  pain  or 
crying,  for  former  idea  of  things  is  passed  away.  "Be- 
hold, all  things  are  new. 


WHAT    i    AM. 


"God  worketh  through  me  to  will  and  to  do  of  His 
good  pleasure."  "In  Him  I  live,  move,  and  have  my 
Being." 

I  am  Life  within  Eternal  Life. 

I  am  Substance  within  the  Eternal  Substance. 

I  am  Strength  within  the  Infinite  Strength. 

I  am  Mind  within  the  Divine  Mind. 

I  am  Idea  within  the  Divine  Idea. 

I  am  Consciousness  within  Divine  Consciousness. 

I  am  Truth.  I  am  Freedom.  I  am  Fulness.  I  am 
that  I  am. 

My  life  is  complete  now.     I  am  eternally  perfect. 

My  Health  is  a  finished  fact. 

My  Freedom  is  a  changeless  reality, 

My  Strength  is  Omnipotence. 

My  Understanding  is  Omniscience. 

I  now  accept  my  always  Perfect  Health,  my  Change- 
less Freedom,  my  Unlimited  Strength,  my  Divine  Under- 
standing and  my  Spiritual  Substance  from  Thee,  my 
Source. 

"All  souls  shall  be  in  God,  and  shall  be  God,  and 
nothing  but  God  be." — Festus. 


122  STUDIES  IN  THE  SCIENCE  OF  DIVINE   HEADING. 


SOME    FINAL    WORDS. 


We  learn,  then,  in  Science,  the  futility  of  trying  to 
better  conditions,  by  working  to  change  the  outer,  without 
reaching  the  inner  Cause. 

One  has  said,  that  although  our  streets  were  swept 
and  kept  as  clean  as  the  streets  of  heaven,  and  man's 
thoughts  remained  the  same,  every  known  disease  would 
be  repeated  within  a  generation! 

The  outer  is  not  a  cause  of  anything;  all  cause  is  in- 
visible; the  visible  is  the  effect,  or  result,  of  a  cause. 

To  work  scientifically,  and  this  means  to  work  with 
certain  knowledge,  and  to  be  certain  of  results,  we  must 
begin  with  Source  and  Cause. 

In  Divine  Science,  we  accept  that  the  Source  of  all 
things  is  Divinity;  that  all  Cause  is  Divine  Mind.  We 
follow  the  method  of  Divine  Mind  in  expressing  Itself, 
and  know  that  Its  first  expression,  or  activity,  is  Divine 
Thought,  and  that  the  result  of  Divine  Thought  is  Divine 
Word,  or  Body.  As  this  Divine  Mind  is  Omnipresent, 
and  Its  expression  is  always  with  It,  we  have  every- 
where the  Divine,  with  Its  image  and  likeness;  Its  expres- 
sion and  manifestation;  Its  thought  and  word;  Its  soul 
and  body. 

We  do  not  pretend  to  bring  out  the  expression  and 
manifestation  of  Divine  Mind  into  the  visible,  but  we  go 
into  the  Source  and  follow  It  out;  see  that  it  does  fill  all 
with  Its  perfect  Presence,  Invisible  and  visible. 

As  soon  as  we  are  willing  to  see  the  Omnipresence, 
Omnipotence,  and  Omniscience  of  Divine  Mind,  our 
"Whole  body  shall  be  full  of  light,"  for  the  visible  will  be 
seen  in  its  true  relation  to  the  Invisible;  it  will  be  known 


SOME  FINAI,  WORDS.  123 

as  the  result,  or  fruit,  of  Invisible  Cause,  which  is  Light. 
As  soon  as  we  know  the  Truth,  we  shall  begin  to  be  freed 
from  all  false  ideas  about  the  visible. 

We  look  to  Source  only  to  find  the  Truth  of  things; 
for  that  which  is  in  Source  is  all  reality.  We  look  upon 
"disease;  immediately  we  ask,  Has  it  a  place  in  Source 
and  Cause?  No;  Divine  Mind  is  Perfect  Ease,  and  can 
therefore,  as  Source  of  all,  send  forth  only  ease.  Disease 
(of  any  kind)  has  no  existence  in  Source;  it  has  no  place 
in  Mind,  hence  no  place  in  "thought,"  and  no  place  in 
"body";  for  thought  and  body,  are  image  and  likeness, 
expression  and  manifestation  of  Divine  Mind,  their 
Source. 

There  is,  therefore,  no  truth  in  the  claim  of  disease, 
no  cause  for  disease.  There  is  no  disease  in  the  world  of 
God,  or  in  the  expression  and  manifestation  of  God. 

We  find  that  these  denials  of  any  opposite  to  God,  or 
Good;  any  opposite  to  Ease,  or  Life,  cleanse  thought  of 
its  belief  in  fear  and  evil,  and  prepare  it  to  believe  only 
in  God.  Moreover,  we  have  learned  that  as  this  change 
takes  place  in  thought,  appearances  change;  sickness, 
sorrow,  and  pain,  fear,  hate,  and  all  discord,  disappear. 
Then  we  know  that  there  is  no  opposite  to  Good  except 
in  our  thought^  and  when  its  belief  is  destroyed,  the  Cause 
or  root  of  evil  is  touched,  and  the  whole  outgrowth  of 
that  belief  begins  to  wither  and  die!  Seeing  but  One 
Cause,  and  that  All-Good,  we  can  say,  There  is  no  cause 
for  evil,  and  its  appearances  begin  to  go. 

One  says,  "Regeneration  means  work."  If  we  re- 
ceive from  these  studies  in  Divine  Science,  only  a  beau- 
tiful theory,  we  have  gained  but  little.  Unless  we  put  into 
practice,  according  to  the  rules  given,  its  Divine  Princi- 
ple— meeting  every  condition  in  life  with  true  judgment, 
by  letting  Divine  Truth  as  seen  in  Source,  settle  every 


124  STUDIES  IN  THE  SCIENCE  OF  DIVINE   HEAUNG. 

question  for  us;  by  daily  cleansing  thought  of  mortal 
claims — universal  and  individual,  knowing  that  there  is 
no  mortal  Being,  the  Only  Being  is  the  Divine;  no  mortal 
mind  with  its  opinions,  the  Only  Mind  is  the  Immortal — 
therefore  denying  the  claims  of  mortality  any  place;  then 
stating  or  affirming  the  Truth  of  the  I  am  until  we  are 
sure  of  what  I  am — unless  we  do  this  regularly  and  earn- 
estly, we  shall  never  know  the  freedom  that  is  ours  in 
Truth,  of  which  these  studies  bear  witness. 

"He  that  willeth  to  do  the  will,  shall  know  of  the 
doctrine." — Rev.  Ver. 

"Let  each  man  think  himself  an  act  of  God, 
His  mind  a  thought,  his  life  a  breath  of  God, 
And  let  each  try  by  great  thoughts  and  good  deeds, 
To  show  the  most  of  heaven  he  hath  in  him." 


REALIZATION   FOR   HEALTH.  125 

REALIZATION  FOR   HEALTH. 


All  Reality  is  in  God  and  like  God.  There  is  no  re~ 
ality  in  darkness,  doubt,  fear,  or  evil. 

I  am  that  I  am,  for  my  Life  is  in  God,  my  Being; 
my  Strength  is  in  God;  my  Health  is  in  God;  my  Under- 
standing and  Wisdom  is  in  God;  therefore,  my  Life  is 
Divine  and  Perfect;  my  Strength  can  never  fail;  my 
Health  is  always  the  same;  my  Understanding  is  com- 
plete. 

I  am  expression  of  Perfect  Life  and  Good,  and  I  am 
kept  by  Divine  Power,  forever  in  the  Truth. 

I  can  never  be  separated  from  Truth,  Life,  and  Love. 
I  can  never  be  out  of  Health,  out  of  Peace,  or  out  of 
Light.  There  is  no  darkness;  there  is  no  doubt  or 
anxiety  about  anything;  God  is  always  my  Light. 

There  is  no  disease  in  God.  There  is  no  truth  in 
the  world's  claim  of  disease  and  death — such  a  thought 
has  no  reality.  God  is  the  Only  Mind;  there  is  no  Mind 
of  error,  evil,  or  suffering.  There  is  no  place  for  error, 
disease,  or  pain,  for  God  fills  all. 

There  is  no  truth  at  all  in  the  claim  of  sin  or  sick- 
ness; we  cannot  find  these  in  the  Source  of  all,  and  only 
that  which  is  contained  in  Source  is  true.  All  Truth  is 
in  God. 

That  which  is  born  of  God,  is  the  image  of  God,  and 
cannot  have  any  sickness  or  discord  in  it.  The  Divine 
fills  all,  hence,  there  is  no  place  for  pain  or  disease  in 
my  mind,  my  thought,  or  my  body.  I  have  no  belief 
in  pain.  I  am  the  Mind  that  knows  all  Peace.  In  Truth 
I  am  now  free  from  every  claim  of  ignorance,  or  error, 
for  these  are  not  to  be  found  in  God,  and  I  am  in  God. 


126  STUDIES  IN  THE  SCIENCE  OF  DIVINE  HEALING. 


HOW    TO    REALIZE    ILLUMINATION,  OR 
UNDERSTANDING. 


First,  realize  what  I  am. 

I  am  Strength  and  Understanding.  I  am  Light.  I  am 
that  I  am.  I  am  Mind,  I  am  Idea,  I  am  Consciousness. 
I  am  all  Wisdom  within  myself,  for  my  self  is  God's  Di- 
vine Idea. 

There  is  no  lack  in  the  universe.  God  fills  it  all. 
There  is  no  need  of  anything.  There  is  no  ignorance. 
Mind  has  no  lack  in  It,  and  All  is  Mind. 

There  is  no  Mind  of  darkness  or  misunderstanding — 
no  Mind  of  fear  or  error. 

There  is  no  fear.  There  is  no  cause  of  fear.  There 
is  nothing  to  be  afraid  of. 

Light  fills  all— for  Light  is  God. 

Understanding  is  all  in  all. 

I  live,  move  and  have  my  being  in  Light.  I  express 
perfect  understanding. 

I  am  Light,  in  Mind,  in  thought,  and  in  body.  I  am 
all  Light.  I  am  complete.  I  am  satisfied  now. 

I  am  filled  full  of  the  Fulness  that  filleth  all.  Life, 
Truth,  Light,  Love,  and  Understanding,  are  all  mine  in 
God. 


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